HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080055160
Bassin de Quebrada Cardón
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 2 administrative regions : Bolívar, Democracia
Sub-basin area
155,7km²
Upstream area
155,7km²
Discharge
0,25m³/s
Mean elev.
278m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- DemocraciaFalcón · Venezuela86.9 km²56.0% of basin
- 68.2 km²44.0% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Protective Zone (ZP)
132.59 km² overlap
National Hydraulic Reserve (RNH)
132.59 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
4 distinct species · 5 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°
25,9°C
Annual rain
588mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,64
Runoff
55mm/an
PET
1 630mm
AET
497mm
Mean slope
4,5°
Water table
513cm
Forest
13%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
28%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)