HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080176370
Bassin · #6080176370
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
851,7km²
Upstream area
851,7km²
Discharge
28,54m³/s
Mean elev.
624m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 503.9 km²59.4% of basin
- 344.0 km²40.6% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Paríma - Tapirapeco
IUCN IINational Park (PN)
847.92 km² overlap
Alto Orinoco - Casiquiare
IUCN VIBiosphere Reserve (RB)
847.92 km² overlap
Alto Orinoco - Casiquiare
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
847.92 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°
24,0°C
Annual rain
2 445mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,32
Runoff
1 061mm/an
PET
1 664mm
AET
1 612mm
Mean slope
5,2°
Water table
147cm
Forest
100%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)