HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080137500
Bassin · #6080137500
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 : Alto Orinoco, Manapiare
Sub-basin area
672,2km²
Upstream area
1 688,2km²
Discharge
96,8m³/s
Mean elev.
619m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #6080133310711 km²
- Bassin · #6080133090305 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 606.3 km²90.6% of basin
- 62.9 km²9.4% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Alto Orinoco - Casiquiare
IUCN VIBiosphere Reserve (RB)
668.10 km² overlap
Alto Orinoco - Casiquiare
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
668.10 km² overlap
Macizo Parú - Euaja
IUCN IIINatural Monument (MN)
154.48 km² overlap
Duida - Marahuaca
IUCN IINational Park (PN)
63.45 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
8 distinct species · 11 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°
24,3°C
Annual rain
3 053mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,43
Runoff
1 838mm/an
PET
1 734mm
AET
1 577mm
Mean slope
9,3°
Water table
268cm
Forest
100%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
92%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)