HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080141730
Bassin de Njam
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 : Maripasoula, Tapanahony
Sub-basin area
470,2km²
Upstream area
23 580,5km²
Discharge
684,12m³/s
Mean elev.
203m
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°
24,8°C
Annual rain
2 460mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,36
Runoff
906mm/an
PET
1 575mm
AET
1 406mm
Mean slope
6,3°
Water table
201cm
Forest
99%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
28%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)