HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080126980
Bassin · #6080126980
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 : Alto Orinoco, Amajari, Manapiare
Sub-basin area
1 234,8km²
Upstream area
1 234,9km²
Discharge
65,77m³/s
Mean elev.
1 219m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1211.6 km²98.6% of basin
- 12.9 km²1.0% of basin
- 4.8 km²0.4% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Yanomami
IUCN Not ReportedIndigenous Area
4.88 km² overlap
Alto Orinoco - Casiquiare
IUCN VIBiosphere Reserve (RB)
4.41 km² overlap
Alto Orinoco - Casiquiare
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
4.41 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
24 distinct species · 25 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°
20,7°C
Annual rain
3 117mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,50
Runoff
1 707mm/an
PET
1 567mm
AET
1 481mm
Mean slope
9,8°
Water table
301cm
Forest
98%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
20%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)