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
Species present
Ecological tissue
Graphe en cours d’indexation
Calcul du tissu écologique de cette entité.
Le graphe apparaîtra automatiquement dès que le calcul est terminé (rafraîchissement toutes les 2s).
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)