HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080069310
Bassin · #6080069310
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 4 administrative regions : Convención, El Carmen, Pailitas, Teorama
Sub-basin area
283,3km²
Upstream area
606,6km²
Discharge
12,62m³/s
Mean elev.
811m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #6080070450199 km²
- Bassin · #6080070460125 km²
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 160.5 km²56.9% of basin
- 96.6 km²34.2% of basin
- 22.2 km²7.9% of basin
- 2.8 km²1.0% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Catatumbo Barí
IUCN IINational Natural Park
232.74 km² overlap
Plan de Ordenacion y Manejo de la Cuenca Hidrografica Rio Bajo Cesar-Cienaga de Zapatosa
IUCN Not ApplicablePOMCA
0.32 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
37 distinct species · 44 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°
23,1°C
Annual rain
2 233mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,27
Runoff
690mm/an
PET
1 625mm
AET
1 449mm
Mean slope
19,4°
Water table
714cm
Forest
78%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
82%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)