HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080171700
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 2 administrative regions : Alto Orinoco, Río Negro
Sub-basin area
558,4km²
Upstream area
558,4km²
Discharge
22,62m³/s
Mean elev.
386m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 411.5 km²74.0% of basin
- 144.4 km²26.0% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Alto Orinoco - Casiquiare
IUCN VIBiosphere Reserve (RB)
555.91 km² overlap
Alto Orinoco - Casiquiare
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
555.91 km² overlap
Sierra Unturán
IUCN IIINatural Monument (MN)
554.88 km² overlap
Paríma - Tapirapeco
IUCN IINational Park (PN)
536.77 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 distinct species · 2 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°
25,3°C
Annual rain
2 667mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,35
Runoff
1 371mm/an
PET
1 733mm
AET
1 688mm
Mean slope
8,7°
Water table
255cm
Forest
100%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)