HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080116470
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
2 175,8km²
Upstream area
25 996,9km²
Discharge
1 242,03m³/s
Mean elev.
548m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Río Caroní2726 km²
- Bassin de Río Ikabarú454 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1945.8 km²89.8% of basin
- 220.5 km²10.2% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Sur del Estado Bolívar
IUCN VIProtective Zone (ZP)
1870.89 km² overlap
Canaima
IUCN IINational Park (PN)
287.62 km² overlap
Canaima National Park
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
6.25 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
4 distinct species · 4 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°
24,6°C
Annual rain
3 260mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,47
Runoff
2 046mm/an
PET
1 719mm
AET
1 650mm
Mean slope
7,1°
Water table
272cm
Forest
99%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)