HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080137300
Bassin · #6080137300
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
442,5km²
Upstream area
442,7km²
Discharge
15,05m³/s
Mean elev.
284m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 415.7 km²94.4% of basin
- 24.9 km²5.6% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Central Suriname
IUCN IINature Reserve
435.29 km² overlap
Central Suriname Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
434.26 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
9 distinct species · 25 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°
25,9°C
Annual rain
2 359mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,31
Runoff
908mm/an
PET
1 623mm
AET
1 404mm
Mean slope
7,3°
Water table
249cm
Forest
100%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
99%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)