HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080156160
Bassin de Rio Mucajaí
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 3 administrative regions across 2 countries : Alto Alegre, Alto Orinoco, Iracema
Sub-basin area
1 773,2km²
Upstream area
1 773,4km²
Discharge
60,56m³/s
Mean elev.
784m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1169.0 km²66.2% of basin
- 583.1 km²33.0% of basin
- 13.2 km²0.7% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Yanomami
IUCN Not ReportedIndigenous Area
1757.66 km² overlap
Alto Orinoco - Casiquiare
IUCN VIBiosphere Reserve (RB)
7.90 km² overlap
Alto Orinoco - Casiquiare
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
7.90 km² overlap
Paríma - Tapirapeco
IUCN IINational Park (PN)
2.95 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
312 distinct species · 1 188 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°
23,0°C
Annual rain
2 057mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,20
Runoff
1 055mm/an
PET
1 634mm
AET
1 469mm
Mean slope
7,7°
Water table
213cm
Forest
100%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)