HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080004190
Bassin · #6080004190
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
2,6km²
Upstream area
3 610,8km²
Discharge
50,28m³/s
Mean elev.
19m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
Outlet (drains to ocean / endorheic)
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #60800634501357 km²
- Bassin · #608006346058 km²
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 2.4 km²92.9% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Delta del Orinoco (Mariusa)
IUCN IINational Park (PN)
2.56 km² overlap
Delta del Orinoco
IUCN VIBiosphere Reserve (RB)
2.44 km² overlap
Delta del Orinoco
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
2.44 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 distinct species · 7 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°
26,0°C
Annual rain
1 914mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,21
Runoff
519mm/an
PET
1 512mm
AET
1 363mm
Mean slope
2,2°
Water table
57cm
Forest
100%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)