HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080125290
Bassin de Río Ventuari
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 : Alto Orinoco, Manapiare
Sub-basin area
1 092,5km²
Upstream area
1 092,9km²
Discharge
58,8m³/s
Mean elev.
1 052m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1064.6 km²97.9% of basin
- 23.1 km²2.1% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Macizo Parú - Euaja
IUCN IIINatural Monument (MN)
54.50 km² overlap
Alto Orinoco - Casiquiare
IUCN VIBiosphere Reserve (RB)
6.29 km² overlap
Alto Orinoco - Casiquiare
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
6.29 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
4 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°
21,7°C
Annual rain
3 109mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,48
Runoff
1 699mm/an
PET
1 619mm
AET
1 486mm
Mean slope
10,1°
Water table
304cm
Forest
99%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
1%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)