HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080108590
Bassin · #6080108590
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
1 441,4km²
Upstream area
1 441,9km²
Discharge
72,11m³/s
Mean elev.
649m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1097.1 km²76.4% of basin
- 338.1 km²23.6% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Sierra Maigualida
IUCN IIINatural Monument (MN)
328.43 km² overlap
Caura
IUCN IINational Park (PN)
292.65 km² overlap
Chivapure - Cuchivero
IUCN VForest Area Under Protection (ABBP)
268.73 km² overlap
Serranía Yutajé / Coro - coro
IUCN IIINatural Monument (MN)
11.42 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
25 distinct species · 30 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°
24,3°C
Annual rain
2 703mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,36
Runoff
1 578mm/an
PET
1 727mm
AET
1 364mm
Mean slope
10,9°
Water table
342cm
Forest
93%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
94%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)