HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080178690
Bassin de Essequibo River
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 2 countries : East Bank Berbice, Oriximiná, Rest of Region 9
Sub-basin area
298,1km²
Upstream area
298,3km²
Discharge
7,02m³/s
Mean elev.
342m
Administrative coverage
Species present
Ecological tissue
Graphe en cours d’indexation
Calcul du tissu écologique de cette entité.
Le graphe apparaîtra automatiquement dès que le calcul est terminé (rafraîchissement toutes les 2s).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
26,0°C
Annual rain
1 971mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,15
Runoff
740mm/an
PET
1 680mm
AET
1 285mm
Mean slope
6,0°
Water table
240cm
Forest
100%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)