HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080066610
Bassin · #6080066610
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 : Chimichagua, Chiriguaná, Curumaní
Sub-basin area
9,7km²
Upstream area
20 188,3km²
Discharge
332,32m³/s
Mean elev.
27m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #6080066450288 km²
- Bassin · #6080066330277 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 9.4 km²97.2% of basin
- 0.2 km²2.1% of basin
- 0.1 km²0.7% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Integrated Management Regional Districts
9.69 km² overlap
Complejo Cenagoso de Zapatosa
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
9.12 km² overlap
Plan de Ordenacion y Manejo de la Cuenca Hidrografica Rio Bajo Cesar-Cienaga de Zapatosa
IUCN Not ApplicablePOMCA
0.00 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 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°
28,2°C
Annual rain
1 890mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,05
Runoff
470mm/an
PET
1 800mm
AET
1 345mm
Mean slope
1,0°
Water table
16cm
Forest
4%
Crops
7%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)