HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080102790
Bassin de Río Paragua
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
935,3km²
Upstream area
27 160km²
Discharge
1 831,23m³/s
Mean elev.
584m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Río Carapo1781 km²
- Bassin de Río Asarí484 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 533.4 km²57.3% of basin
- 397.9 km²42.7% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Cerro Guaiquinima
IUCN IIINatural Monument (MN)
931.25 km² overlap
Caura
IUCN IINational Park (PN)
930.99 km² overlap
La Paragua
IUCN VIForest Reserve (RF)
577.15 km² overlap
Sur del Estado Bolívar
IUCN VIProtective Zone (ZP)
323.90 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
259 distinct species · 446 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°
24,2°C
Annual rain
3 131mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,47
Runoff
1 778mm/an
PET
1 650mm
AET
1 457mm
Mean slope
8,9°
Water table
386cm
Forest
89%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)