HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080169510
Bassin de Rio Catrimani
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 4 administrative regions across 2 countries : Alto Orinoco, Barcelos, Iracema, Mucajaí
Sub-basin area
2 168,9km²
Upstream area
2 168,9km²
Discharge
59,68m³/s
Mean elev.
443m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1281.3 km²59.3% of basin
- 791.2 km²36.6% of basin
- 85.0 km²3.9% of basin
- 1.8 km²0.1% of basin
6 intersecting protected areas
Yanomami
IUCN Not ReportedIndigenous Area
2156.39 km² overlap
Forest
85.16 km² overlap
Park
83.49 km² overlap
Paríma - Tapirapeco
IUCN IINational Park (PN)
20.33 km² overlap
Alto Orinoco - Casiquiare
IUCN VIBiosphere Reserve (RB)
16.96 km² overlap
Alto Orinoco - Casiquiare
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
16.96 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
17 distinct species · 22 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°
24,9°C
Annual rain
1 889mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,10
Runoff
860mm/an
PET
1 705mm
AET
1 374mm
Mean slope
7,3°
Water table
205cm
Forest
100%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)