HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080139020
Bassin de Lawa
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 3 administrative regions across 2 countries : Maripasoula, Papaïchton, Tapanahony
Sub-basin area
542,2km²
Upstream area
28 543,1km²
Discharge
833,61m³/s
Mean elev.
173m
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°
25,0°C
Annual rain
2 403mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,35
Runoff
901mm/an
PET
1 572mm
AET
1 413mm
Mean slope
6,0°
Water table
185cm
Forest
97%
Crops
0%
Urban
1%
Protected
51%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)