HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080120160
Bassin de Río Kukenán
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, Pacaraima
Sub-basin area
1 978,6km²
Upstream area
3 324,5km²
Discharge
111,67m³/s
Mean elev.
990m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Río Kukenán680 km²
- Bassin de Río Arabopó667 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1966.3 km²99.8% of basin
- 3.6 km²0.2% of basin
6 intersecting protected areas
Sur del Estado Bolívar
IUCN VIProtective Zone (ZP)
882.05 km² overlap
Canaima
IUCN IINational Park (PN)
768.30 km² overlap
Canaima National Park
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
682.48 km² overlap
Natural Monument (MN)
97.12 km² overlap
Raposa Serra do Sol
IUCN Not ReportedIndigenous Area
4.55 km² overlap
São Marcos - RR
IUCN Not ReportedIndigenous Area
1.72 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 364 distinct species · 11 196 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 20 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Bassin de Río Kukenán : 15 espèces reliées par 23 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 12.1%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 5 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
21,4°C
Annual rain
1 817mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,11
Runoff
1 132mm/an
PET
1 611mm
AET
1 305mm
Mean slope
5,0°
Water table
257cm
Forest
30%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
97%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)