HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080172730
Bassin de Río Siapa
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 : Río Negro
Sub-basin area
1 664,7km²
Upstream area
14 783,3km²
Discharge
701,51m³/s
Mean elev.
345m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #6080180180317 km²
- Bassin de Río Siapa279 km²
5 intersecting protected areas
Alto Orinoco - Casiquiare
IUCN VIBiosphere Reserve (RB)
1657.24 km² overlap
Alto Orinoco - Casiquiare
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
1657.24 km² overlap
Serranía La Neblina
IUCN IINational Park (PN)
812.60 km² overlap
Sierra Unturán
IUCN IIINatural Monument (MN)
443.90 km² overlap
Paríma - Tapirapeco
IUCN IINational Park (PN)
0.99 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
638 distinct species · 1 412 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°
25,5°C
Annual rain
2 910mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,40
Runoff
2 039mm/an
PET
1 756mm
AET
1 736mm
Mean slope
8,4°
Water table
215cm
Forest
100%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
89%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)