HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080068490
Bassin · #6080068490
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, Curumaní, El Carmen
Sub-basin area
247,1km²
Upstream area
247,1km²
Discharge
5,66m³/s
Mean elev.
948m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 245.2 km²99.6% of basin
- 0.5 km²0.2% of basin
- 0.4 km²0.2% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Catatumbo Barí
IUCN IINational Natural Park
188.79 km² overlap
Lago de Maracaibo
IUCN VICritical Area with Treatment Priority (ACPT)
89.11 km² overlap
Plan de Ordenacion y Manejo de la Cuenca Hidrografica Rio Bajo Cesar-Cienaga de Zapatosa
IUCN Not ApplicablePOMCA
0.45 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
0 distinct species · 0 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°
22,2°C
Annual rain
2 167mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,26
Runoff
693mm/an
PET
1 595mm
AET
1 402mm
Mean slope
21,2°
Water table
705cm
Forest
77%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
77%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)