HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080162280
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
35,1km²
Upstream area
10 942,9km²
Discharge
362,76m³/s
Mean elev.
165m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Río Manaviche1275 km²
- Bassin de Río Orinoco960 km²
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 34.9 km²100.0% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Paríma - Tapirapeco
IUCN IINational Park (PN)
34.90 km² overlap
Alto Orinoco - Casiquiare
IUCN VIBiosphere Reserve (RB)
34.90 km² overlap
Alto Orinoco - Casiquiare
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
34.90 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
0 distinct species · 0 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Graphe en cours d’indexation
Calcul du tissu écologique de cette entité.
Le graphe apparaîtra automatiquement dès que le calcul est terminé (rafraîchissement toutes les 2s).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
26,6°C
Annual rain
2 296mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,23
Runoff
1 224mm/an
PET
1 774mm
AET
1 598mm
Mean slope
1,9°
Water table
68cm
Forest
99%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)