HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080102270
Bassin de Río Cuchivero
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 : Cedeño, Manapiare
Sub-basin area
907,8km²
Upstream area
908km²
Discharge
47,63m³/s
Mean elev.
1 036m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 585.0 km²64.7% of basin
- 318.8 km²35.3% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Sierra Maigualida
IUCN IIINatural Monument (MN)
903.84 km² overlap
Caura
IUCN IINational Park (PN)
903.84 km² overlap
Chivapure - Cuchivero
IUCN VForest Area Under Protection (ABBP)
76.83 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 distinct species · 3 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°
22,0°C
Annual rain
2 869mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,44
Runoff
1 579mm/an
PET
1 611mm
AET
1 352mm
Mean slope
9,4°
Water table
304cm
Forest
99%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
90%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)