HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080172320
Bassin · #6080172320
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
408km²
Upstream area
408km²
Discharge
11,75m³/s
Mean elev.
477m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 405.1 km²99.7% of basin
- 1.0 km²0.3% of basin
6 intersecting protected areas
Yanomami
IUCN Not ReportedIndigenous Area
405.06 km² overlap
Park
404.61 km² overlap
Forest
351.58 km² overlap
Paríma - Tapirapeco
IUCN IINational Park (PN)
3.14 km² overlap
Alto Orinoco - Casiquiare
IUCN VIBiosphere Reserve (RB)
1.56 km² overlap
Alto Orinoco - Casiquiare
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
1.56 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 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°
24,7°C
Annual rain
1 937mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,12
Runoff
904mm/an
PET
1 692mm
AET
1 401mm
Mean slope
6,8°
Water table
190cm
Forest
100%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)