HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080113760
Bassin de Río Caroní
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 : Angostura, Gran Sabana
Sub-basin area
456,2km²
Upstream area
28 856,5km²
Discharge
1 429,31m³/s
Mean elev.
601m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Río Apakara1002 km²
- Bassin de Río Caroní23 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 328.8 km²72.4% of basin
- 125.4 km²27.6% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Canaima
IUCN IINational Park (PN)
266.83 km² overlap
Sur del Estado Bolívar
IUCN VIProtective Zone (ZP)
178.71 km² overlap
Canaima National Park
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
139.28 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
120 distinct species · 210 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°
24,4°C
Annual rain
3 526mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,52
Runoff
2 157mm/an
PET
1 692mm
AET
1 549mm
Mean slope
7,7°
Water table
318cm
Forest
91%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)