HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080003210
Bassin de Río Tocuyo
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 6 administrative regions : Acosta, Cacique Manaure, Jacura, Monseñor Iturriza, San Francisco +1
Sub-basin area
631,8km²
Upstream area
17 721,9km²
Discharge
51,35m³/s
Mean elev.
59m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
Outlet (drains to ocean / endorheic)
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #6080055550452 km²
- Bassin de Río Tocuyo200 km²
6 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Monseñor IturrizaFalcón · Venezuela262.4 km²41.7% of basin
- Cacique ManaureFalcón · Venezuela167.4 km²26.6% of basin
- 96.0 km²15.3% of basin
- 93.5 km²14.9% of basin
- 7.9 km²1.3% of basin
- San FranciscoFalcón · Venezuela1.9 km²0.3% of basin
5 intersecting protected areas
Río Tucurere
IUCN VForest Area Under Protection (ABBP)
256.79 km² overlap
Tucurere
IUCN IVWildlife Reserve (REFA)
151.08 km² overlap
Tourist Interest Area (ZIT)
13.57 km² overlap
Cuare
IUCN IVWildlife Refuge (RFS)
3.50 km² overlap
Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
3.50 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
392 distinct species · 4 171 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 22 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Bassin de Río Tocuyo : 17 espèces reliées par 24 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 10.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 5 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
26,5°C
Annual rain
1 312mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,18
Runoff
95mm/an
PET
1 597mm
AET
1 085mm
Mean slope
2,5°
Water table
139cm
Forest
15%
Crops
3%
Urban
0%
Protected
48%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)