HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080141150
Bassin de Río Atabapo
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 : Atabapo, Cacahual
Sub-basin area
1 691km²
Upstream area
8 765,4km²
Discharge
641,01m³/s
Mean elev.
108m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 995.8 km²59.2% of basin
- 687.7 km²40.8% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
530 distinct species · 1 554 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°
27,0°C
Annual rain
3 214mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,44
Runoff
2 195mm/an
PET
1 814mm
AET
1 649mm
Mean slope
1,1°
Water table
24cm
Forest
94%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
34%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)