HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080108690
Bassin de Río Camarán
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 across 2 countries : Gran Sabana, Paruima
Sub-basin area
87km²
Upstream area
825,9km²
Discharge
39,35m³/s
Mean elev.
913m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Río Kamoirán422 km²
- Bassin · #6080109930317 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 78.2 km²90.2% of basin
- 8.5 km²9.8% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
9 distinct species · 11 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°
21,9°C
Annual rain
1 755mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,12
Runoff
1 487mm/an
PET
1 551mm
AET
1 299mm
Mean slope
3,8°
Water table
281cm
Forest
62%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)