HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080152430
Bassin de Río Padamo
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
540,4km²
Upstream area
6 024,6km²
Discharge
323,22m³/s
Mean elev.
201m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Río Padamo414 km²
- Bassin de Río Padamo30 km²
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 538.0 km²100.0% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Alto Orinoco - Casiquiare
IUCN VIBiosphere Reserve (RB)
538.01 km² overlap
Alto Orinoco - Casiquiare
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
538.01 km² overlap
Duida - Marahuaca
IUCN IINational Park (PN)
50.64 km² overlap
Paríma - Tapirapeco
IUCN IINational Park (PN)
0.08 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
171 distinct species · 310 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°
26,5°C
Annual rain
2 672mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,33
Runoff
1 626mm/an
PET
1 790mm
AET
1 661mm
Mean slope
5,0°
Water table
192cm
Forest
100%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)