HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080152190
Bassin de Río Matacuni
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
1 036,9km²
Upstream area
3 022,9km²
Discharge
150,16m³/s
Mean elev.
730m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Río Matacuni188 km²
- Bassin de Río Matacuni20 km²
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1032.3 km²100.0% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Alto Orinoco - Casiquiare
IUCN VIBiosphere Reserve (RB)
1032.31 km² overlap
Alto Orinoco - Casiquiare
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
1032.31 km² overlap
Paríma - Tapirapeco
IUCN IINational Park (PN)
1010.54 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
134 distinct species · 220 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°
23,4°C
Annual rain
2 643mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,37
Runoff
1 479mm/an
PET
1 662mm
AET
1 597mm
Mean slope
9,3°
Water table
259cm
Forest
98%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)