HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080001560
Bassin de Río Carraipia
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 : Guajira, Maicao, Manaure, Uribía
Sub-basin area
1 603,4km²
Upstream area
1 603,6km²
Discharge
2,23m³/s
Mean elev.
53m
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°
28,4°C
Annual rain
599mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,64
Runoff
83mm/an
PET
1 667mm
AET
505mm
Mean slope
0,5°
Water table
51cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
1%
Protected
70%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)