HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080071060
Bassin · #6080071060
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 1 administrative regions : Colón
Sub-basin area
13,6km²
Upstream area
3 167,8km²
Discharge
62,56m³/s
Mean elev.
6m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Río Escalante2355 km²
- Bassin de Caño Oropito451 km²
2 intersecting protected areas
Zona Sur Lago de Maracaibo
IUCN VINational Hydraulic Reserve (RNH)
13.58 km² overlap
Lago de Maracaibo
IUCN VICritical Area with Treatment Priority (ACPT)
13.58 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°
28,7°C
Annual rain
1 503mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,20
Runoff
605mm/an
PET
1 868mm
AET
1 272mm
Mean slope
0,0°
Water table
2cm
Forest
0%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)