HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080143620
Bassin · #6080143620
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 4 administrative regions : Boven Suriname, Bven Saramacca, Coeroeni, Tapanahony
Sub-basin area
783,5km²
Upstream area
783,6km²
Discharge
16,66m³/s
Mean elev.
277m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 704.1 km²90.3% of basin
- 47.3 km²6.1% of basin
- 14.5 km²1.9% of basin
- 14.2 km²1.8% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Central Suriname Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
374.21 km² overlap
Central Suriname
IUCN IINature Reserve
358.05 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
348 distinct species · 588 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°
26,1°C
Annual rain
2 363mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,31
Runoff
729mm/an
PET
1 630mm
AET
1 374mm
Mean slope
6,3°
Water table
220cm
Forest
100%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
46%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)