HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080163230
Bassin de Litani
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 4 administrative regions across 3 countries : Almeirim, Laranjal do Jari, Maripasoula, Tapanahony
Sub-basin area
1 221,2km²
Upstream area
1 221,2km²
Discharge
29,85m³/s
Mean elev.
333m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1083.5 km²89.1% of basin
- 82.4 km²6.8% of basin
- Laranjal do JariAmapá · Brazil40.9 km²3.4% of basin
- 9.0 km²0.7% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Guyane (Parc Amazonien)
IUCN IINational Park - Core Area
190.91 km² overlap
Park
25.61 km² overlap
Parque do Tumucumaque
IUCN Not ReportedIndigenous Area
18.16 km² overlap
National Park - Buffer zone/Area of adhesion
4.94 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
978 distinct species · 2 367 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°
25,0°C
Annual rain
2 164mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,25
Runoff
779mm/an
PET
1 626mm
AET
1 327mm
Mean slope
9,2°
Water table
274cm
Forest
100%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
20%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)