HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080162260
Bassin de Malani
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 : Laranjal do Jari, Maripasoula
Sub-basin area
780km²
Upstream area
1 333,7km²
Discharge
38,61m³/s
Mean elev.
221m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Crique Malani Ouest301 km²
- Bassin de Crique Malani Est253 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 747.0 km²96.2% of basin
- Laranjal do JariAmapá · Brazil29.5 km²3.8% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Guyane (Parc Amazonien)
IUCN IINational Park - Core Area
771.07 km² overlap
Park
27.60 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
34 distinct species · 36 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°
25,4°C
Annual rain
2 221mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,26
Runoff
833mm/an
PET
1 633mm
AET
1 353mm
Mean slope
4,6°
Water table
101cm
Forest
100%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)