HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080121460
Bassin de Essequibo River
A watershed (drainage basin) is not a body of water — it is the land area where rainfall converges towards a single river that eventually reaches the sea (or an endorheic basin). Boundaries follow ridgelines.
Crosses 3 administrative regions : Mabura Hills, Rest of Region 10, Rest of Region 8
Sub-basin area
634,9km²
Upstream area
49 193,2km²
Discharge
1 271,63m³/s
Mean elev.
99m
Administrative coverage
Species present
Ecological tissue
Graphe en cours d’indexation
Calcul du tissu écologique de cette entité.
Le graphe apparaîtra automatiquement dès que le calcul est terminé (rafraîchissement toutes les 2s).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
26,7°C
Annual rain
2 423mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,33
Runoff
1 384mm/an
PET
1 614mm
AET
1 474mm
Mean slope
2,0°
Water table
67cm
Forest
98%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
33%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)