HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080157570
Bassin de Rio Couto de Magalhães
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 Orinoco, Iracema, Mucajaí
Sub-basin area
1 536km²
Upstream area
1 536km²
Discharge
48m³/s
Mean elev.
484m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1005.6 km²65.8% of basin
- 522.8 km²34.2% of basin
- 0.8 km²0.1% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Yanomami
IUCN Not ReportedIndigenous Area
1524.52 km² overlap
Alto Orinoco - Casiquiare
IUCN VIBiosphere Reserve (RB)
4.71 km² overlap
Alto Orinoco - Casiquiare
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
4.71 km² overlap
Paríma - Tapirapeco
IUCN IINational Park (PN)
1.16 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
10 distinct species · 17 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°
24,7°C
Annual rain
1 916mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,11
Runoff
967mm/an
PET
1 701mm
AET
1 401mm
Mean slope
7,3°
Water table
174cm
Forest
100%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)