HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080147980
Bassin · #6080147980
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 3 administrative regions across 2 countries : Alto Alegre, Alto Orinoco, Amajari
Sub-basin area
1 573km²
Upstream area
1 573km²
Discharge
75,07m³/s
Mean elev.
805m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1170.3 km²74.7% of basin
- 353.7 km²22.6% of basin
- 42.0 km²2.7% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Alto Orinoco - Casiquiare
IUCN VIBiosphere Reserve (RB)
1545.16 km² overlap
Alto Orinoco - Casiquiare
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
1545.16 km² overlap
Paríma - Tapirapeco
IUCN IINational Park (PN)
1197.72 km² overlap
Yanomami
IUCN Not ReportedIndigenous Area
361.66 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
17 distinct species · 21 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°
22,8°C
Annual rain
2 548mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,35
Runoff
1 455mm/an
PET
1 637mm
AET
1 578mm
Mean slope
8,6°
Water table
242cm
Forest
100%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)