HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080063650
Bassin de Río Orituco
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 : Lander, Monagas
Sub-basin area
573km²
Upstream area
573km²
Discharge
4,49m³/s
Mean elev.
485m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 570.1 km²99.9% of basin
- 0.5 km²0.1% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Protective Zone (ZP)
404.83 km² overlap
Guatopo
IUCN IINational Park (PN)
59.45 km² overlap
Río Orituco
IUCN VForest Area Under Protection (ABBP)
51.15 km² overlap
Cuenca del Río Tuy
IUCN VICritical Area with Treatment Priority (ACPT)
2.60 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
66 distinct species · 189 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 20 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Bassin de Río Orituco : 19 espèces reliées par 16 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 8.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 1 bulle taxonomique (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
24,5°C
Annual rain
1 097mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,33
Runoff
253mm/an
PET
1 660mm
AET
923mm
Mean slope
7,7°
Water table
302cm
Forest
24%
Crops
15%
Urban
3%
Protected
30%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)