HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080123070
Bassin · #6080123070
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 1 administrative regions : Manapiare
Sub-basin area
684,7km²
Upstream area
684,7km²
Discharge
35,47m³/s
Mean elev.
720m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 intersecting protected areas
Macizo Parú - Euaja
IUCN IIINatural Monument (MN)
401.85 km² overlap
Sierra Maigualida
IUCN IIINatural Monument (MN)
18.07 km² overlap
Caura
IUCN IINational Park (PN)
12.40 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
168 distinct species · 363 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°
23,8°C
Annual rain
2 945mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,41
Runoff
1 640mm/an
PET
1 730mm
AET
1 450mm
Mean slope
8,9°
Water table
308cm
Forest
80%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
32%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)