HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080129990
Bassin de Río Ikabarú
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 : Amajari, Angostura, Gran Sabana
Sub-basin area
572,9km²
Upstream area
2 928,1km²
Discharge
102,95m³/s
Mean elev.
527m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Río Eurebaray325 km²
- Bassin de Río Wirimparú242 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 439.4 km²77.0% of basin
- 114.1 km²20.0% of basin
- 16.8 km²3.0% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Sur del Estado Bolívar
IUCN VIProtective Zone (ZP)
569.62 km² overlap
Yanomami
IUCN Not ReportedIndigenous Area
2.26 km² overlap
Floresta Nacional Do Parima
IUCN VIForest
0.06 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
10 distinct species · 12 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°
24,5°C
Annual rain
2 408mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,28
Runoff
1 302mm/an
PET
1 736mm
AET
1 623mm
Mean slope
4,7°
Water table
172cm
Forest
99%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)