HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080144710
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
1 913,3km²
Upstream area
1 913,3km²
Discharge
107,48m³/s
Mean elev.
891m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1848.9 km²97.1% of basin
- 55.9 km²2.9% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Alto Orinoco - Casiquiare
IUCN VIBiosphere Reserve (RB)
1888.22 km² overlap
Alto Orinoco - Casiquiare
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
1888.22 km² overlap
Duida - Marahuaca
IUCN IINational Park (PN)
518.79 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
298 distinct species · 1 072 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°
22,5°C
Annual rain
2 977mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,44
Runoff
1 772mm/an
PET
1 648mm
AET
1 557mm
Mean slope
10,8°
Water table
306cm
Forest
99%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
98%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)