HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080138970
Bassin de Río Cuntinamo
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
785,1km²
Upstream area
785,3km²
Discharge
41,94m³/s
Mean elev.
1 198m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 586.4 km²75.0% of basin
- 195.2 km²25.0% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Alto Orinoco - Casiquiare
IUCN VIBiosphere Reserve (RB)
767.05 km² overlap
Alto Orinoco - Casiquiare
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
767.05 km² overlap
Paríma - Tapirapeco
IUCN IINational Park (PN)
91.92 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
5 distinct species · 7 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°
20,7°C
Annual rain
2 998mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,48
Runoff
1 706mm/an
PET
1 564mm
AET
1 509mm
Mean slope
8,8°
Water table
262cm
Forest
98%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
94%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)