HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080142320
Bassin de Essequibo River
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 1 administrative regions : Rest of Region 9
Sub-basin area
222,4km²
Upstream area
20 094,4km²
Discharge
569,36m³/s
Mean elev.
131m
Administrative coverage
Species present
Ecological tissue
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Calcul du tissu écologique de cette entité.
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Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
26,9°C
Annual rain
1 805mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,08
Runoff
764mm/an
PET
1 665mm
AET
1 221mm
Mean slope
1,8°
Water table
57cm
Forest
100%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)