HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080004180
Bassin · #6080004180
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 : Tucupita
Sub-basin area
290,2km²
Upstream area
290,2km²
Discharge
3,93m³/s
Mean elev.
18m
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 252.7 km²87.4% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Delta del Orinoco (Mariusa)
IUCN IINational Park (PN)
81.64 km² overlap
Delta del Orinoco
IUCN VIBiosphere Reserve (RB)
58.38 km² overlap
Delta del Orinoco
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
58.38 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°
26,1°C
Annual rain
1 724mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,11
Runoff
425mm/an
PET
1 524mm
AET
1 328mm
Mean slope
0,9°
Water table
66cm
Forest
99%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
85%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)