HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080181210
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 2 administrative regions : Alto Orinoco, Río Negro
Sub-basin area
205,9km²
Upstream area
9 994,9km²
Discharge
366,82m³/s
Mean elev.
563m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Río Siapa2171 km²
- Bassin de Río Siapa574 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 167.9 km²81.9% of basin
- 37.2 km²18.1% of basin
5 intersecting protected areas
Alto Orinoco - Casiquiare
IUCN VIBiosphere Reserve (RB)
205.03 km² overlap
Alto Orinoco - Casiquiare
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
205.03 km² overlap
Sierra Unturán
IUCN IIINatural Monument (MN)
148.13 km² overlap
Paríma - Tapirapeco
IUCN IINational Park (PN)
108.40 km² overlap
Serranía La Neblina
IUCN IINational Park (PN)
96.12 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
9 distinct species · 9 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°
24,3°C
Annual rain
2 785mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,40
Runoff
1 594mm/an
PET
1 682mm
AET
1 667mm
Mean slope
7,3°
Water table
201cm
Forest
100%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)