HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080137890
Bassin de Courantyne
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 across 2 countries : East Bank Berbice, Kabalebo
Sub-basin area
271km²
Upstream area
46 016,5km²
Discharge
626,57m³/s
Mean elev.
122m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Courantyne801 km²
- Bassin de Courantyne521 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 189.7 km²70.3% of basin
- 80.0 km²29.7% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
0 distinct species · 0 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°
26,8°C
Annual rain
2 063mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,19
Runoff
537mm/an
PET
1 661mm
AET
1 335mm
Mean slope
1,4°
Water table
58cm
Forest
99%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)