HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080169000
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 Orinoco, Barcelos
Sub-basin area
232,2km²
Upstream area
2 336,5km²
Discharge
75,36m³/s
Mean elev.
524m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Río Orinoco1383 km²
- Bassin · #6080169210722 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 230.6 km²99.8% of basin
- 0.6 km²0.2% of basin
6 intersecting protected areas
Alto Orinoco - Casiquiare
IUCN VIBiosphere Reserve (RB)
229.96 km² overlap
Alto Orinoco - Casiquiare
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
229.96 km² overlap
Paríma - Tapirapeco
IUCN IINational Park (PN)
225.53 km² overlap
Park
0.46 km² overlap
Yanomami
IUCN Not ReportedIndigenous Area
0.25 km² overlap
Forest
0.24 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
16 distinct species · 19 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°
24,5°C
Annual rain
2 066mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,19
Runoff
1 008mm/an
PET
1 682mm
AET
1 485mm
Mean slope
6,3°
Water table
208cm
Forest
100%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
99%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)