HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080132140
Bassin de Río Wirimparú
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 across 2 countries : Amajari, Gran Sabana
Sub-basin area
241,5km²
Upstream area
2 029,5km²
Discharge
67,53m³/s
Mean elev.
584m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Río Waiparú1151 km²
- Bassin de Río Ikabarú637 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 213.8 km²88.9% of basin
- 26.6 km²11.1% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Sur del Estado Bolívar
IUCN VIProtective Zone (ZP)
230.08 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
19 distinct species · 24 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°
24,1°C
Annual rain
2 230mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,23
Runoff
1 015mm/an
PET
1 727mm
AET
1 549mm
Mean slope
6,7°
Water table
304cm
Forest
98%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
94%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)