HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080151070
Bassin de Río Orinoco
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 1 administrative regions : Alto Orinoco
Sub-basin area
1 031,5km²
Upstream area
37 873,8km²
Discharge
1 527,78m³/s
Mean elev.
161m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Río Padamo197 km²
- Bassin de Río Orinoco150 km²
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1026.9 km²100.0% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Alto Orinoco - Casiquiare
IUCN VIBiosphere Reserve (RB)
1026.91 km² overlap
Alto Orinoco - Casiquiare
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
1026.91 km² overlap
Paríma - Tapirapeco
IUCN IINational Park (PN)
227.78 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
151 distinct species · 237 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°
26,7°C
Annual rain
2 643mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,32
Runoff
1 598mm/an
PET
1 791mm
AET
1 668mm
Mean slope
2,6°
Water table
80cm
Forest
99%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)