HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080128140
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 : Atabapo, Manapiare
Sub-basin area
297km²
Upstream area
26 508,1km²
Discharge
1 344,88m³/s
Mean elev.
121m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Río Ventuari867 km²
- Bassin de Río Ventuari75 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 217.9 km²73.7% of basin
- 77.9 km²26.3% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Natural Monument (MN)
49.29 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 distinct species · 2 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°
27,4°C
Annual rain
2 824mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,33
Runoff
1 730mm/an
PET
1 880mm
AET
1 514mm
Mean slope
1,0°
Water table
31cm
Forest
94%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
32%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)