HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080168400
Bassin de Rio Oiapoque
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 : Camopi, Oiapoque
Sub-basin area
11,9km²
Upstream area
705,5km²
Discharge
21,19m³/s
Mean elev.
166m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Rivère Kérindioutou406 km²
- Bassin de Crique Mariwa288 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 9.0 km²75.5% of basin
- 2.9 km²24.5% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
National Park - Buffer zone/Area of adhesion
4.99 km² overlap
Park
2.34 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
8 distinct species · 10 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°
25,6°C
Annual rain
2 361mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,31
Runoff
916mm/an
PET
1 626mm
AET
1 387mm
Mean slope
2,0°
Water table
29cm
Forest
100%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
62%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)