HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080086580
Bassin de Río Aro
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 : Angostura, Sucre
Sub-basin area
908,9km²
Upstream area
6 831,7km²
Discharge
215,61m³/s
Mean elev.
245m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Río Cascabel1033 km²
- Bassin de Río Aro326 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 762.3 km²84.2% of basin
- 142.8 km²15.8% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Caura
IUCN IINational Park (PN)
433.14 km² overlap
Forest Area Under Protection (ABBP)
243.93 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
4 distinct species · 28 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°
26,4°C
Annual rain
1 579mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,08
Runoff
634mm/an
PET
1 717mm
AET
1 175mm
Mean slope
3,6°
Water table
150cm
Forest
66%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
69%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)