HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080168860
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 3 administrative regions across 2 countries : Alto Orinoco, Barcelos, Río Negro
Sub-basin area
553,9km²
Upstream area
3 305,6km²
Discharge
107,22m³/s
Mean elev.
488m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Río Orinoco415 km²
- Bassin de Río Orinoco232 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 533.4 km²96.7% of basin
- 13.0 km²2.4% of basin
- 5.0 km²0.9% of basin
6 intersecting protected areas
Alto Orinoco - Casiquiare
IUCN VIBiosphere Reserve (RB)
544.29 km² overlap
Alto Orinoco - Casiquiare
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
544.29 km² overlap
Paríma - Tapirapeco
IUCN IINational Park (PN)
539.27 km² overlap
Park
12.31 km² overlap
Yanomami
IUCN Not ReportedIndigenous Area
11.12 km² overlap
Forest
10.81 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
19 distinct species · 24 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
2 115mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,20
Runoff
1 019mm/an
PET
1 690mm
AET
1 513mm
Mean slope
7,0°
Water table
233cm
Forest
100%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
86%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)