HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080151900
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 634km²
Upstream area
13 901,1km²
Discharge
162,7m³/s
Mean elev.
223m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Curuni959 km²
- Bassin de Curuni428 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 861.0 km²52.9% of basin
- 765.8 km²47.1% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
145 distinct species · 310 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 5 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Bassin de Curuni : 5 espèces reliées par 3 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 30.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
26,5°C
Annual rain
1 960mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,14
Runoff
393mm/an
PET
1 694mm
AET
1 278mm
Mean slope
1,9°
Water table
75cm
Forest
100%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)