HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080004010
Bassin de Río Guanipa
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 : Maturín
Sub-basin area
228,4km²
Upstream area
228,4km²
Discharge
0,88m³/s
Mean elev.
16m
Administrative coverage
2 intersecting protected areas
Selva de Guarapiche
IUCN VIForest Reserve (RF)
203.16 km² overlap
Río Guanipa
IUCN VForest Area Under Protection (ABBP)
0.27 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 distinct species · 3 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°
26,6°C
Annual rain
1 577mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,02
Runoff
335mm/an
PET
1 552mm
AET
1 270mm
Mean slope
0,9°
Water table
81cm
Forest
97%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
67%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)