HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080143240
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
1 632,5km²
Upstream area
34 373,2km²
Discharge
422,89m³/s
Mean elev.
218m
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°
26,4°C
Annual rain
1 953mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,15
Runoff
528mm/an
PET
1 665mm
AET
1 284mm
Mean slope
3,1°
Water table
103cm
Forest
99%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)