HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080001890
Bassin · #6080001890
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 1 administrative regions : Machiques de Perijá
Sub-basin area
104,6km²
Upstream area
104,6km²
Discharge
0,87m³/s
Mean elev.
4m
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 96.3 km²92.5% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Lago de Maracaibo
IUCN VICritical Area with Treatment Priority (ACPT)
103.50 km² overlap
Santa Rosa
IUCN VForest Area Under Protection (ABBP)
10.54 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
0 distinct species · 0 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°
28,3°C
Annual rain
1 299mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,27
Runoff
263mm/an
PET
1 770mm
AET
1 099mm
Mean slope
0,1°
Water table
15cm
Forest
24%
Crops
5%
Urban
0%
Protected
20%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)