HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080113940
Bassin de Río Orinoco
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 4 administrative regions across 2 countries : Atures, Autana, Cumaribo, Puerto Carreño
Sub-basin area
102,8km²
Upstream area
315 754,1km²
Discharge
16 463m³/s
Mean elev.
81m
Administrative coverage
Species present
Ecological tissue
Graphe en cours d’indexation
Calcul du tissu écologique de cette entité.
Le graphe apparaîtra automatiquement dès que le calcul est terminé (rafraîchissement toutes les 2s).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
28,2°C
Annual rain
2 423mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,26
Runoff
1 544mm/an
PET
1 799mm
AET
1 429mm
Mean slope
1,9°
Water table
47cm
Forest
14%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
40%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)