HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080093110
Bassin de Río Cuyuní
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 across 2 countries : Rest of Region 7, Sifontes
Sub-basin area
510,4km²
Upstream area
42 763,2km²
Discharge
884,37m³/s
Mean elev.
142m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #6080094410816 km²
- Bassin de Río Cuyuní403 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 255.4 km²50.3% of basin
- 252.8 km²49.7% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Imataca
IUCN VIForest Reserve (RF)
244.21 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
0 distinct species · 0 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°
26,1°C
Annual rain
1 845mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,12
Runoff
913mm/an
PET
1 616mm
AET
1 450mm
Mean slope
2,3°
Water table
63cm
Forest
100%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
43%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)