HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080108670
Bassin · #6080108670
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
631,8km²
Upstream area
632,1km²
Discharge
32,02m³/s
Mean elev.
732m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 623.7 km²99.1% of basin
- 5.4 km²0.9% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Sierra Maigualida
IUCN IIINatural Monument (MN)
517.70 km² overlap
Caura
IUCN IINational Park (PN)
505.41 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
71 distinct species · 96 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°
23,8°C
Annual rain
2 822mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,39
Runoff
1 595mm/an
PET
1 715mm
AET
1 396mm
Mean slope
12,4°
Water table
381cm
Forest
98%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
1%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)