HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080103580
Bassin de Río Nichare
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
1 138,1km²
Upstream area
1 138,4km²
Discharge
60,24m³/s
Mean elev.
818m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1026.7 km²90.6% of basin
- 106.6 km²9.4% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Sierra Maigualida
IUCN IIINatural Monument (MN)
1133.23 km² overlap
Caura
IUCN IINational Park (PN)
1133.23 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
288 distinct species · 412 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°
23,2°C
Annual rain
2 929mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,43
Runoff
1 634mm/an
PET
1 650mm
AET
1 402mm
Mean slope
12,5°
Water table
380cm
Forest
100%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
98%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)