HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080171440
Bassin de Rio Cuc
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 2 countries : Camopi, Laranjal do Jari, Maripasoula, Oiapoque
Sub-basin area
770,9km²
Upstream area
770,9km²
Discharge
22,9m³/s
Mean elev.
292m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Laranjal do JariAmapá · Brazil685.1 km²89.3% of basin
- 51.9 km²6.8% of basin
- 19.0 km²2.5% of basin
- 11.5 km²1.5% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Park
760.87 km² overlap
Guyane (Parc Amazonien)
IUCN IINational Park - Core Area
4.03 km² overlap
National Park - Buffer zone/Area of adhesion
0.02 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 distinct species · 3 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 340mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,31
Runoff
831mm/an
PET
1 605mm
AET
1 371mm
Mean slope
2,6°
Water table
65cm
Forest
100%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
99%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)