HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080135940
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 2 administrative regions across 2 countries : Amajari, Gran Sabana
Sub-basin area
297,6km²
Upstream area
297,6km²
Discharge
9,62m³/s
Mean elev.
582m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 274.9 km²92.8% of basin
- 21.5 km²7.2% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Yanomami
IUCN Not ReportedIndigenous Area
105.91 km² overlap
Floresta Nacional Do Parima
IUCN VIForest
68.22 km² overlap
Sur del Estado Bolívar
IUCN VIProtective Zone (ZP)
14.38 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 292mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,25
Runoff
1 023mm/an
PET
1 722mm
AET
1 549mm
Mean slope
7,6°
Water table
291cm
Forest
100%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)