HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080147270
Bassin de Tapanahony
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 : Boven Suriname, Tapanahony
Sub-basin area
270,3km²
Upstream area
5 163km²
Discharge
113,95m³/s
Mean elev.
203m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Blakawatra1166 km²
- Bassin de Tapanahony172 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 269.1 km²100.0% of basin
- 0.0 km²0.0% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
47 distinct species · 49 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°
26,2°C
Annual rain
2 337mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,30
Runoff
865mm/an
PET
1 637mm
AET
1 382mm
Mean slope
1,7°
Water table
46cm
Forest
100%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)