HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080157290
Bassin · #6080157290
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 : Alto Orinoco, Atabapo, Río Negro
Sub-basin area
1 521,1km²
Upstream area
1 521,1km²
Discharge
91,87m³/s
Mean elev.
193m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 813.1 km²53.7% of basin
- 471.3 km²31.1% of basin
- 229.9 km²15.2% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Alto Orinoco - Casiquiare
IUCN VIBiosphere Reserve (RB)
1514.31 km² overlap
Alto Orinoco - Casiquiare
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
1514.31 km² overlap
Natural Monument (MN)
284.84 km² overlap
Paríma - Tapirapeco
IUCN IINational Park (PN)
25.29 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
23 distinct species · 26 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 778mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,35
Runoff
1 803mm/an
PET
1 795mm
AET
1 711mm
Mean slope
3,5°
Water table
102cm
Forest
100%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)