HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080084850
Bassin de Río Caura
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 3 administrative regions : Cedeño, Monagas, Sucre
Sub-basin area
425,1km²
Upstream area
425,1km²
Discharge
8,53m³/s
Mean elev.
86m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 312.5 km²73.8% of basin
- Monagas58.4 km²13.8% of basin
- 52.4 km²12.4% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
71 distinct species · 96 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 17 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Bassin de Río Caura : 17 espèces reliées par 13 interactions GloBI sur 1 type (connectance 9.6%, filtre Serrano α=0.2).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
27,7°C
Annual rain
1 562mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,09
Runoff
634mm/an
PET
1 723mm
AET
1 170mm
Mean slope
1,3°
Water table
86cm
Forest
35%
Crops
0%
Urban
3%
Protected
47%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)