HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080181560
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 : Caroebe, Oriximiná, Rest of Region 9
Sub-basin area
752,3km²
Upstream area
752,3km²
Discharge
21,03m³/s
Mean elev.
371m
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°
25,8°C
Annual rain
2 020mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,17
Runoff
839mm/an
PET
1 672mm
AET
1 301mm
Mean slope
7,1°
Water table
241cm
Forest
100%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
99%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)