HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080126560
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 4 administrative regions : East Bank Berbice, Rest of Region 10, Rest of Region 8, Rest of Region 9
Sub-basin area
512,9km²
Upstream area
47 743,9km²
Discharge
1 191,16m³/s
Mean elev.
112m
Administrative coverage
Species present
Ecological tissue
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Calcul du tissu écologique de cette entité.
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Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
26,7°C
Annual rain
2 212mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,26
Runoff
877mm/an
PET
1 635mm
AET
1 395mm
Mean slope
1,9°
Water table
100cm
Forest
100%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
24%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)