HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080105230
Bassin de Río Carrao
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 : Gran Sabana, Piar
Sub-basin area
133,6km²
Upstream area
2 088,3km²
Discharge
81,81m³/s
Mean elev.
509m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Río Taikupa414 km²
- Bassin de Río Wochuni341 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 120.1 km²90.3% of basin
- 13.0 km²9.7% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Canaima
IUCN IINational Park (PN)
133.02 km² overlap
Canaima National Park
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
133.02 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°
24,9°C
Annual rain
2 675mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,37
Runoff
1 292mm/an
PET
1 676mm
AET
1 482mm
Mean slope
3,5°
Water table
139cm
Forest
99%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)