HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080139400
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 3 administrative regions across 2 countries : Coeroeni, East Bank Berbice, Kabalebo
Sub-basin area
800,8km²
Upstream area
45 224,8km²
Discharge
615,74m³/s
Mean elev.
133m
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
1 997mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,16
Runoff
516mm/an
PET
1 668mm
AET
1 308mm
Mean slope
1,7°
Water table
68cm
Forest
96%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)