HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080001950
Bassin · #6080001950
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, Colón
Sub-basin area
70,2km²
Upstream area
70,2km²
Discharge
0,03m³/s
Mean elev.
7m
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 27.9 km²39.9% of basin
- 27.1 km²38.8% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Ciénagas de Juan Manuel
IUCN IINational Park (PN)
69.93 km² overlap
Lago de Maracaibo
IUCN VICritical Area with Treatment Priority (ACPT)
69.93 km² overlap
Zona Sur Lago de Maracaibo
IUCN VINational Hydraulic Reserve (RNH)
53.35 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°
28,6°C
Annual rain
1 499mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,18
Runoff
331mm/an
PET
1 821mm
AET
1 269mm
Mean slope
0,6°
Water table
29cm
Forest
64%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)