HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080144480
Bassin de Rio Parima
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 Alegre, Amajari
Sub-basin area
1 279km²
Upstream area
6 760,8km²
Discharge
242,13m³/s
Mean elev.
582m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Rio Parima1244 km²
- Bassin de Rio Parima159 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1021.2 km²80.2% of basin
- 252.1 km²19.8% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Yanomami
IUCN Not ReportedIndigenous Area
1272.89 km² overlap
Alto Orinoco - Casiquiare
IUCN VIBiosphere Reserve (RB)
9.53 km² overlap
Alto Orinoco - Casiquiare
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
9.53 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
6 distinct species · 34 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 333mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,28
Runoff
1 336mm/an
PET
1 686mm
AET
1 583mm
Mean slope
5,1°
Water table
148cm
Forest
100%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)