HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080168640
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 2 administrative regions across 2 countries : Alto Alegre, Alto Orinoco
Sub-basin area
315,2km²
Upstream area
315,5km²
Discharge
10,42m³/s
Mean elev.
616m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 313.8 km²100.0% of basin
- 0.0 km²0.0% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Paríma - Tapirapeco
IUCN IINational Park (PN)
313.82 km² overlap
Alto Orinoco - Casiquiare
IUCN VIBiosphere Reserve (RB)
313.78 km² overlap
Alto Orinoco - Casiquiare
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
313.78 km² overlap
Yanomami
IUCN Not ReportedIndigenous Area
0.12 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
39 distinct species · 63 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°
24,0°C
Annual rain
2 132mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,22
Runoff
1 041mm/an
PET
1 666mm
AET
1 514mm
Mean slope
10,4°
Water table
331cm
Forest
97%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
95%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)