HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080169810
Bassin · #6080169810
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 across 3 countries : Laranjal do Jari, Maripasoula, Tapanahony
Sub-basin area
415,2km²
Upstream area
415,2km²
Discharge
8,49m³/s
Mean elev.
367m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Laranjal do JariAmapá · Brazil397.5 km²96.2% of basin
- 10.8 km²2.6% of basin
- 5.0 km²1.2% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Park
362.53 km² overlap
Parque do Tumucumaque
IUCN Not ReportedIndigenous Area
28.49 km² overlap
Guyane (Parc Amazonien)
IUCN IINational Park - Core Area
5.25 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
44 distinct species · 58 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°
24,8°C
Annual rain
2 129mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,24
Runoff
684mm/an
PET
1 627mm
AET
1 314mm
Mean slope
8,3°
Water table
197cm
Forest
100%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
96%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)