HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080065000
Bassin · #6080065000
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 : Jesús María Semprún, Machiques de Perijá
Sub-basin area
983,5km²
Upstream area
983,6km²
Discharge
23,16m³/s
Mean elev.
154m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 598.1 km²61.1% of basin
- 381.4 km²38.9% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Lago de Maracaibo
IUCN VICritical Area with Treatment Priority (ACPT)
979.44 km² overlap
Protective Zone (ZP)
822.01 km² overlap
Perijá
IUCN IINational Park (PN)
185.12 km² overlap
Río Aricuaisá
IUCN VForest Area Under Protection (ABBP)
46.92 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
17 distinct species · 18 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°
27,3°C
Annual rain
2 781mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,35
Runoff
733mm/an
PET
1 802mm
AET
1 580mm
Mean slope
5,6°
Water table
241cm
Forest
49%
Crops
5%
Urban
0%
Protected
76%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)