HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080071220
Bassin · #6080071220
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 : Independencia, Maturín
Sub-basin area
231,2km²
Upstream area
231,2km²
Discharge
1,07m³/s
Mean elev.
132m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Independencia139.9 km²60.8% of basin
- 90.3 km²39.2% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Mesa de Guanipa
IUCN VICritical Area with Treatment Priority (ACPT)
135.44 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
5 distinct species · 5 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°
26,6°C
Annual rain
1 106mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,35
Runoff
147mm/an
PET
1 713mm
AET
935mm
Mean slope
0,5°
Water table
216cm
Forest
72%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)