HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080129500
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
869,3km²
Upstream area
4 737,9km²
Discharge
248,63m³/s
Mean elev.
130m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #60801254801265 km²
- Bassin · #6080125400372 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 693.7 km²80.2% of basin
- 171.8 km²19.8% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
21 distinct species · 22 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°
27,3°C
Annual rain
2 818mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,33
Runoff
1 735mm/an
PET
1 880mm
AET
1 515mm
Mean slope
1,2°
Water table
33cm
Forest
100%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)