HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080133490
Bassin · #6080133490
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 1 administrative regions : Coppename
Sub-basin area
231,8km²
Upstream area
231,8km²
Discharge
6,11m³/s
Mean elev.
166m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 230.8 km²100.0% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Central Suriname Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
187.35 km² overlap
Central Suriname
IUCN IINature Reserve
187.18 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 1 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Not enough documented interactions to build a meaningful graph for this territory.
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
26,6°C
Annual rain
2 436mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,33
Runoff
841mm/an
PET
1 631mm
AET
1 438mm
Mean slope
4,6°
Water table
194cm
Forest
100%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
81%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)