HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080169210
Bassin · #6080169210
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, Iracema
Sub-basin area
721,7km²
Upstream area
721,8km²
Discharge
22,71m³/s
Mean elev.
663m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 714.4 km²99.4% of basin
- 4.1 km²0.6% of basin
- 0.0 km²0.0% of basin
6 intersecting protected areas
Alto Orinoco - Casiquiare
IUCN VIBiosphere Reserve (RB)
712.27 km² overlap
Alto Orinoco - Casiquiare
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
712.27 km² overlap
Paríma - Tapirapeco
IUCN IINational Park (PN)
703.77 km² overlap
Forest
5.55 km² overlap
Yanomami
IUCN Not ReportedIndigenous Area
4.65 km² overlap
Park
3.71 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
24 distinct species · 31 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°
23,6°C
Annual rain
2 042mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,19
Runoff
984mm/an
PET
1 653mm
AET
1 455mm
Mean slope
5,1°
Water table
136cm
Forest
100%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
91%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)