HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080135930
Bassin de Rio Amajari
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
643,9km²
Upstream area
643,9km²
Discharge
26,6m³/s
Mean elev.
589m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 517.6 km²80.7% of basin
- 123.5 km²19.3% of basin
- 0.0 km²0.0% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Yanomami
IUCN Not ReportedIndigenous Area
622.75 km² overlap
Sur del Estado Bolívar
IUCN VIProtective Zone (ZP)
29.56 km² overlap
Floresta Nacional Do Parima
IUCN VIForest
0.00 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 1 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 463mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,30
Runoff
1 293mm/an
PET
1 715mm
AET
1 612mm
Mean slope
8,6°
Water table
287cm
Forest
100%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)