HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080064360
Bassin de Río Yunyima
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 : Catatumbo, Jesús María Semprún, Machiques de Perijá
Sub-basin area
187,6km²
Upstream area
4 256,6km²
Discharge
69,21m³/s
Mean elev.
8m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Río Yunyima1469 km²
- Bassin de Río Baracay541 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 101.6 km²54.4% of basin
- 84.5 km²45.2% of basin
- 0.8 km²0.4% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Lago de Maracaibo
IUCN VICritical Area with Treatment Priority (ACPT)
186.82 km² overlap
Santa Rosa
IUCN VForest Area Under Protection (ABBP)
115.36 km² overlap
Wildlife Reserve (REFA)
72.30 km² overlap
Ciénagas de Juan Manuel
IUCN IINational Park (PN)
7.61 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
6 distinct species · 6 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°
28,4°C
Annual rain
1 690mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,07
Runoff
418mm/an
PET
1 818mm
AET
1 341mm
Mean slope
0,1°
Water table
8cm
Forest
2%
Crops
4%
Urban
0%
Protected
13%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)