HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080147000
Bassin de Rio Uraricoera
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 4 administrative regions across 2 countries : Alto Alegre, Amajari, Angostura, Sucre
Sub-basin area
5 448,1km²
Upstream area
16 409,1km²
Discharge
658,37m³/s
Mean elev.
507m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Rio Auaris796 km²
- Bassin de Rio Uraricoera24 km²
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 3413.0 km²62.9% of basin
- 1946.9 km²35.9% of basin
- 32.5 km²0.6% of basin
- 31.7 km²0.6% of basin
5 intersecting protected areas
Yanomami
IUCN Not ReportedIndigenous Area
5359.68 km² overlap
Sur del Estado Bolívar
IUCN VIProtective Zone (ZP)
267.39 km² overlap
Sierra Marutani
IUCN IIINatural Monument (MN)
215.07 km² overlap
Caura
IUCN IINational Park (PN)
67.50 km² overlap
Cerro Ichum y Cerro Guanacoco
IUCN IIINatural Monument (MN)
9.13 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
715 distinct species · 2 117 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°
24,5°C
Annual rain
2 365mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,27
Runoff
1 416mm/an
PET
1 707mm
AET
1 591mm
Mean slope
5,8°
Water table
196cm
Forest
100%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
99%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)