HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080136090
Bassin de Linker Coppename rivier
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 2 administrative regions : Coppename, Kabalebo
Sub-basin area
284,3km²
Upstream area
284,3km²
Discharge
10,51m³/s
Mean elev.
262m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 282.2 km²99.7% of basin
- 0.9 km²0.3% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Central Suriname Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
283.05 km² overlap
Central Suriname
IUCN IINature Reserve
283.05 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 distinct species · 3 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°
26,1°C
Annual rain
2 416mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,33
Runoff
954mm/an
PET
1 625mm
AET
1 412mm
Mean slope
8,7°
Water table
333cm
Forest
99%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)