HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080071320
Bassin de Caño Oropito
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 : Catatumbo, Colón, García de Hevia, Panamericano
Sub-basin area
451,4km²
Upstream area
798,6km²
Discharge
19,1m³/s
Mean elev.
30m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Río Jabillo181 km²
- Bassin de Caño Umuquena166 km²
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 226.0 km²50.3% of basin
- 156.7 km²34.9% of basin
- 60.8 km²13.5% of basin
- 6.0 km²1.3% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Zona Sur Lago de Maracaibo
IUCN VINational Hydraulic Reserve (RNH)
449.55 km² overlap
Lago de Maracaibo
IUCN VICritical Area with Treatment Priority (ACPT)
386.36 km² overlap
Protective Zone (ZP)
117.44 km² overlap
Protective Zone (ZP)
31.43 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 distinct species · 3 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°
28,2°C
Annual rain
2 003mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,06
Runoff
743mm/an
PET
1 862mm
AET
1 586mm
Mean slope
0,1°
Water table
5cm
Forest
0%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
76%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)