HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080071270
Bassin de Río Morichal Largo
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
733,6km²
Upstream area
1 172km²
Discharge
5,82m³/s
Mean elev.
135m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Río Morichal Largo219 km²
- Bassin de Río Morichal Largo219 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Independencia711.2 km²97.3% of basin
- 19.4 km²2.7% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Mesa de Guanipa
IUCN VICritical Area with Treatment Priority (ACPT)
730.44 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
9 distinct species · 10 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°
26,7°C
Annual rain
1 080mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,38
Runoff
157mm/an
PET
1 729mm
AET
913mm
Mean slope
0,6°
Water table
225cm
Forest
40%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)