HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080206280
Bassin de Río Mesay
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 : Solano
Sub-basin area
228,8km²
Upstream area
9 615,9km²
Discharge
607,63m³/s
Mean elev.
164m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Río Cuñaré5552 km²
- Bassin de Río Mesay2325 km²
2 intersecting protected areas
La Serranía de Chiribiquete
IUCN IINational Natural Park
227.80 km² overlap
Chiribiquete National Park – “The Maloca of the Jaguar”
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
227.80 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
98 distinct species · 174 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°
26,7°C
Annual rain
2 826mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,42
Runoff
2 039mm/an
PET
1 628mm
AET
1 558mm
Mean slope
2,2°
Water table
31cm
Forest
100%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)