HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080081170
Bassin · #6080081170
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 : Monagas, Santa María de Ipire
Sub-basin area
474,3km²
Upstream area
474,4km²
Discharge
6,98m³/s
Mean elev.
65m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Monagas448.0 km²94.9% of basin
- 24.3 km²5.1% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 distinct species · 4 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°
27,6°C
Annual rain
1 289mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,27
Runoff
464mm/an
PET
1 778mm
AET
1 062mm
Mean slope
0,8°
Water table
61cm
Forest
3%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)