HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080154700
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
150,3km²
Upstream area
26 857,5km²
Discharge
981,14m³/s
Mean elev.
150m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Río Orinoco1167 km²
- Bassin de Río Ocamo145 km²
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 149.7 km²100.0% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Paríma - Tapirapeco
IUCN IINational Park (PN)
149.67 km² overlap
Alto Orinoco - Casiquiare
IUCN VIBiosphere Reserve (RB)
149.67 km² overlap
Alto Orinoco - Casiquiare
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
149.67 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
63 distinct species · 100 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°
26,8°C
Annual rain
2 504mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,29
Runoff
1 401mm/an
PET
1 779mm
AET
1 639mm
Mean slope
1,5°
Water table
42cm
Forest
100%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)