HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080001940
Bassin de Río Catatumbo
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 : Catatumbo
Sub-basin area
66,8km²
Upstream area
27 553,3km²
Discharge
745,21m³/s
Mean elev.
4m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
Outlet (drains to ocean / endorheic)
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Río Bravo1972 km²
- Bassin de Río Catatumbo1403 km²
3 intersecting protected areas
Lago de Maracaibo
IUCN VICritical Area with Treatment Priority (ACPT)
58.93 km² overlap
Zona Sur Lago de Maracaibo
IUCN VINational Hydraulic Reserve (RNH)
45.66 km² overlap
Ciénagas de Juan Manuel
IUCN IINational Park (PN)
40.66 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
18 distinct species · 26 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°
28,6°C
Annual rain
1 443mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,20
Runoff
311mm/an
PET
1 809mm
AET
1 221mm
Mean slope
0,4°
Water table
18cm
Forest
71%
Crops
3%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)