HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080064370
Bassin · #6080064370
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
252,5km²
Upstream area
252,5km²
Discharge
3,42m³/s
Mean elev.
6m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 244.3 km²97.2% of basin
- 7.1 km²2.8% of basin
- 0.0 km²0.0% of basin
5 intersecting protected areas
Lago de Maracaibo
IUCN VICritical Area with Treatment Priority (ACPT)
251.43 km² overlap
Wildlife Reserve (REFA)
250.17 km² overlap
Ciénagas de Juan Manuel
IUCN IINational Park (PN)
174.17 km² overlap
Protective Zone (ZP)
43.07 km² overlap
Santa Rosa
IUCN VForest Area Under Protection (ABBP)
1.55 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 1 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°
28,5°C
Annual rain
1 632mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,11
Runoff
427mm/an
PET
1 823mm
AET
1 316mm
Mean slope
0,1°
Water table
6cm
Forest
11%
Crops
6%
Urban
0%
Protected
85%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)