HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080145310
Bassin de Lawa
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
316,2km²
Upstream area
15 075,9km²
Discharge
441,3m³/s
Mean elev.
186m
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°
25,0°C
Annual rain
2 457mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,35
Runoff
919mm/an
PET
1 588mm
AET
1 398mm
Mean slope
6,5°
Water table
217cm
Forest
98%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
69%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)