HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080001910
Bassin · #6080001910
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 2 administrative regions : Catatumbo, Machiques de Perijá
Sub-basin area
462,1km²
Upstream area
6 966,3km²
Discharge
97,67m³/s
Mean elev.
4m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
Outlet (drains to ocean / endorheic)
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Río Negro1513 km²
- Bassin · #6080063340482 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 249.7 km²54.3% of basin
- 210.3 km²45.7% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Lago de Maracaibo
IUCN VICritical Area with Treatment Priority (ACPT)
460.21 km² overlap
Wildlife Reserve (REFA)
145.90 km² overlap
Santa Rosa
IUCN VForest Area Under Protection (ABBP)
108.95 km² overlap
Ciénagas de Juan Manuel
IUCN IINational Park (PN)
96.26 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
10 distinct species · 12 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 379mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,23
Runoff
286mm/an
PET
1 785mm
AET
1 167mm
Mean slope
0,1°
Water table
10cm
Forest
11%
Crops
4%
Urban
0%
Protected
60%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)