HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080124170
Bassin de Rio Quinô
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 3 administrative regions across 2 countries : Gran Sabana, Pacaraima, Uiramutã
Sub-basin area
1 138,7km²
Upstream area
1 138,8km²
Discharge
28,65m³/s
Mean elev.
891m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 752.5 km²66.4% of basin
- 349.0 km²30.8% of basin
- 32.2 km²2.8% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Raposa Serra do Sol
IUCN Not ReportedIndigenous Area
1115.30 km² overlap
Canaima National Park
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
1.31 km² overlap
Park
1.15 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
5 distinct species · 5 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°
22,0°C
Annual rain
1 402mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,12
Runoff
894mm/an
PET
1 602mm
AET
1 115mm
Mean slope
8,8°
Water table
385cm
Forest
5%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
99%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)