HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080170090
Bassin de Río Mavaca
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 1 administrative regions : Alto Orinoco
Sub-basin area
122,5km²
Upstream area
2 761km²
Discharge
106,71m³/s
Mean elev.
180m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Río Mavaca623 km²
- Bassin de Río Mavaca57 km²
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 122.0 km²100.0% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Paríma - Tapirapeco
IUCN IINational Park (PN)
121.97 km² overlap
Alto Orinoco - Casiquiare
IUCN VIBiosphere Reserve (RB)
121.97 km² overlap
Alto Orinoco - Casiquiare
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
121.97 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 1 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°
26,5°C
Annual rain
2 436mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,27
Runoff
1 148mm/an
PET
1 774mm
AET
1 673mm
Mean slope
3,3°
Water table
108cm
Forest
100%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)