HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080139440
Bassin · #6080139440
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 : Boven Suriname, Bven Saramacca
Sub-basin area
231,1km²
Upstream area
231,1km²
Discharge
8m³/s
Mean elev.
176m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 215.8 km²93.8% of basin
- 14.3 km²6.2% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Central Suriname
IUCN IINature Reserve
6.52 km² overlap
Central Suriname Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
5.70 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
8 distinct species · 8 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°
26,5°C
Annual rain
2 569mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,37
Runoff
1 077mm/an
PET
1 623mm
AET
1 431mm
Mean slope
4,2°
Water table
150cm
Forest
100%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
3%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)