HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080055930
Bassin de Río Tocuyo
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 3 administrative regions : Manuel Monge, Monseñor Iturriza, Silva
Sub-basin area
161km²
Upstream area
161km²
Discharge
0,47m³/s
Mean elev.
245m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Monseñor IturrizaFalcón · Venezuela119.8 km²74.7% of basin
- 39.9 km²24.9% of basin
- 0.6 km²0.4% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Río Tocuyo
IUCN VIForest Reserve (RF)
157.98 km² overlap
Valle del Río Aroa
IUCN VIRural Integrated Development Area (ARDI)
157.97 km² overlap
Sierra de Bobare
IUCN VIProtective Zone (ZP)
68.87 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 2 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°
25,2°C
Annual rain
1 443mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,12
Runoff
92mm/an
PET
1 640mm
AET
1 220mm
Mean slope
6,6°
Water table
408cm
Forest
23%
Crops
7%
Urban
0%
Protected
99%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)