HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080003260
Bassin de Río Yaracuy
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 14 administrative regions : Arístides Bastidas, Bolívar, Bruzual, Cocorote, Independencia +9
Sub-basin area
2 480,5km²
Upstream area
2 480,5km²
Discharge
11,53m³/s
Mean elev.
383m
Administrative coverage
14 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 675.6 km²27.3% of basin
- 477.1 km²19.3% of basin
- 261.4 km²10.6% of basin
- 252.1 km²10.2% of basin
- 153.4 km²6.2% of basin
- 122.1 km²4.9% of basin
- 102.1 km²4.1% of basin
- 102.0 km²4.1% of basin
6 moreFull L2 list
- Independencia99.5 km² · 4.0%
- Juan José Mora74.8 km² · 3.0%
- Peña62.2 km² · 2.5%
- Arístides Bastidas48.1 km² · 1.9%
- La Trinidad31.6 km² · 1.3%
- Bolívar8.5 km² · 0.3%
8 intersecting protected areas
Cuenca Alta del Río Cojedes
IUCN VIProtective Zone (ZP)
1803.04 km² overlap
Macizo de Nirgua
IUCN VIProtective Zone (ZP)
753.01 km² overlap
Depresión Turbio - Yaracuy
IUCN VIAgricultural Development Zone (ZAA)
573.15 km² overlap
Valle del Río Aroa
IUCN VIRural Integrated Development Area (ARDI)
367.62 km² overlap
Sierra de Aroa
IUCN VIProtective Zone (ZP)
318.68 km² overlap
Yurubí
IUCN IINational Park (PN)
93.62 km² overlap
Cerro de María Lionza
IUCN IIINatural Monument (MN)
58.29 km² overlap
Tourist Interest Area (ZIT)
3.63 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 947 distinct species · 115 906 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 21 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 Yaracuy : 15 espèces reliées par 20 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 9.5%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 6 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°
25,0°C
Annual rain
1 252mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,25
Runoff
176mm/an
PET
1 663mm
AET
1 058mm
Mean slope
7,1°
Water table
298cm
Forest
37%
Crops
12%
Urban
6%
Protected
80%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)