HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080168930
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 Alegre, Alto Orinoco, Iracema
Sub-basin area
415,4km²
Upstream area
415,4km²
Discharge
13,75m³/s
Mean elev.
819m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 402.3 km²97.3% of basin
- 9.1 km²2.2% of basin
- 2.2 km²0.5% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Alto Orinoco - Casiquiare
IUCN VIBiosphere Reserve (RB)
411.73 km² overlap
Alto Orinoco - Casiquiare
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
411.73 km² overlap
Paríma - Tapirapeco
IUCN IINational Park (PN)
410.88 km² overlap
Yanomami
IUCN Not ReportedIndigenous Area
3.64 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
118 distinct species · 205 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°
22,8°C
Annual rain
2 176mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,25
Runoff
1 037mm/an
PET
1 621mm
AET
1 506mm
Mean slope
8,5°
Water table
252cm
Forest
94%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
61%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)