HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080104870
Bassin de Río Taikupa
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 3 administrative regions : Gran Sabana, Piar, Sifontes
Sub-basin area
414km²
Upstream area
1 613,5km²
Discharge
63,52m³/s
Mean elev.
752m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Río Carrao718 km²
- Bassin de Río Sipakú482 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 342.1 km²83.0% of basin
- 66.9 km²16.2% of basin
- 3.1 km²0.8% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Canaima
IUCN IINational Park (PN)
412.17 km² overlap
Canaima National Park
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
412.17 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
183 distinct species · 428 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°
23,3°C
Annual rain
2 489mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,35
Runoff
1 269mm/an
PET
1 609mm
AET
1 425mm
Mean slope
9,3°
Water table
348cm
Forest
96%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)