HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080175080
Bassin de Río Içana
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 : Mitú, Pana Pana, Papunahua, São Gabriel da Cachoeira
Sub-basin area
729,2km²
Upstream area
2 519,1km²
Discharge
162,16m³/s
Mean elev.
193m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Río Isana1008 km²
- Bassin de Río Isana782 km²
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 416.6 km²57.4% of basin
- 239.0 km²32.9% of basin
- 69.6 km²9.6% of basin
- 0.8 km²0.1% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Alto Rio Negro
IUCN Not ReportedIndigenous Area
273.75 km² overlap
Puinawai
IUCN IaNature Reserve
0.29 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
147 distinct species · 196 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°
25,8°C
Annual rain
3 280mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,50
Runoff
2 183mm/an
PET
1 655mm
AET
1 629mm
Mean slope
1,6°
Water table
26cm
Forest
100%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
46%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)