HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080100550
Bassin · #6080100550
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
249,7km²
Upstream area
249,7km²
Discharge
12,58m³/s
Mean elev.
318m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 222.2 km²89.3% of basin
- 26.5 km²10.7% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Sur del Estado Bolívar
IUCN VIProtective Zone (ZP)
248.67 km² overlap
Cerro Guaiquinima
IUCN IIINatural Monument (MN)
25.05 km² overlap
Caura
IUCN IINational Park (PN)
22.67 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
9 distinct species · 12 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°
25,8°C
Annual rain
2 845mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,40
Runoff
1 586mm/an
PET
1 709mm
AET
1 431mm
Mean slope
1,6°
Water table
55cm
Forest
100%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)