HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080150580
Bassin de Río Cunucunuma
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, Atabapo
Sub-basin area
1 531,6km²
Upstream area
6 205,3km²
Discharge
375,04m³/s
Mean elev.
377m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Río Cunucunuma549 km²
- Bassin de Río Cunucunuma543 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1381.9 km²90.6% of basin
- 142.9 km²9.4% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Alto Orinoco - Casiquiare
IUCN VIBiosphere Reserve (RB)
1293.23 km² overlap
Alto Orinoco - Casiquiare
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
1293.23 km² overlap
Duida - Marahuaca
IUCN IINational Park (PN)
273.15 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
995 distinct species · 1 504 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 11 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Bassin de Río Cunucunuma : 11 espèces reliées par 8 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 14.5%, filtre Serrano α=0.2).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
25,5°C
Annual rain
3 380mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,47
Runoff
2 008mm/an
PET
1 783mm
AET
1 719mm
Mean slope
8,3°
Water table
261cm
Forest
99%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
81%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)