HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080083130
Bassin de Río Apure
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 : Pedraza, Páez
Sub-basin area
778,3km²
Upstream area
13 618,6km²
Discharge
478,9m³/s
Mean elev.
107m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Río Apure1023 km²
- Bassin de Caño Anarú675 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 388.1 km²50.1% of basin
- 386.9 km²49.9% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Santa Marta
IUCN VForest Area Under Protection (ABBP)
334.12 km² overlap
Río Apure - Caparo
IUCN VForest Area Under Protection (ABBP)
9.89 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
6 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°
27,5°C
Annual rain
1 928mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,13
Runoff
823mm/an
PET
1 683mm
AET
1 223mm
Mean slope
0,2°
Water table
7cm
Forest
47%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)