HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080150020
Bassin de Rupununi River
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 : Ireng / Sawariwau (Including St., Rest of Region 9, Sand Creek - Dadanawa, Catunarib
Sub-basin area
655,9km²
Upstream area
4 809,8km²
Discharge
127,34m³/s
Mean elev.
317m
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°
26,2°C
Annual rain
1 530mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,07
Runoff
645mm/an
PET
1 644mm
AET
1 043mm
Mean slope
8,3°
Water table
296cm
Forest
73%
Crops
7%
Urban
0%
Protected
12%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)