HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080147050
Bassin de Curuni
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 : Coeroeni, East Bank Berbice
Sub-basin area
1 236,2km²
Upstream area
16 173,9km²
Discharge
186,47m³/s
Mean elev.
205m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Curuni1634 km²
- Bassin de Curuni1036 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 699.3 km²56.8% of basin
- 531.4 km²43.2% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
233 distinct species · 712 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°
26,5°C
Annual rain
2 008mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,17
Runoff
449mm/an
PET
1 673mm
AET
1 314mm
Mean slope
1,9°
Water table
84cm
Forest
100%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)