HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080101210
Bassin de Río Caroní
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 1 administrative regions : Angostura
Sub-basin area
130,9km²
Upstream area
33 246,4km²
Discharge
1 712,09m³/s
Mean elev.
408m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Río Caroní1843 km²
- Bassin de Río Kukurital887 km²
3 intersecting protected areas
Sur del Estado Bolívar
IUCN VIProtective Zone (ZP)
51.94 km² overlap
La Paragua
IUCN VIForest Reserve (RF)
48.52 km² overlap
Canaima
IUCN IINational Park (PN)
24.86 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°
25,6°C
Annual rain
2 522mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,34
Runoff
1 338mm/an
PET
1 659mm
AET
1 344mm
Mean slope
4,6°
Water table
204cm
Forest
66%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)