HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080148100
Bassin · #6080148100
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 : Alto Alegre, Alto Orinoco
Sub-basin area
720,6km²
Upstream area
720,6km²
Discharge
31,76m³/s
Mean elev.
938m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 690.6 km²96.3% of basin
- 26.9 km²3.7% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Alto Orinoco - Casiquiare
IUCN VIBiosphere Reserve (RB)
700.46 km² overlap
Alto Orinoco - Casiquiare
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
700.46 km² overlap
Paríma - Tapirapeco
IUCN IINational Park (PN)
691.55 km² overlap
Yanomami
IUCN Not ReportedIndigenous Area
14.33 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
22 distinct species · 36 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°
22,1°C
Annual rain
2 449mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,34
Runoff
1 337mm/an
PET
1 605mm
AET
1 563mm
Mean slope
11,9°
Water table
309cm
Forest
99%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
53%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)