HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080166980
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
376,4km²
Upstream area
3 997,5km²
Discharge
130,05m³/s
Mean elev.
370m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Río Orinoco554 km²
- Bassin de Río Orinoco315 km²
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 374.7 km²100.0% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Paríma - Tapirapeco
IUCN IINational Park (PN)
374.72 km² overlap
Alto Orinoco - Casiquiare
IUCN VIBiosphere Reserve (RB)
374.72 km² overlap
Alto Orinoco - Casiquiare
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
374.72 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 distinct species · 3 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°
25,4°C
Annual rain
2 102mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,18
Runoff
1 040mm/an
PET
1 718mm
AET
1 529mm
Mean slope
6,3°
Water table
197cm
Forest
92%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)