HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080224660
Bassin de Río Taraira
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 across 2 countries : Japurá, Taraira
Sub-basin area
275,7km²
Upstream area
275,7km²
Discharge
16,31m³/s
Mean elev.
150m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 274.2 km²99.9% of basin
- 0.2 km²0.1% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Alto Rio Negro
IUCN Not ReportedIndigenous Area
274.20 km² overlap
Yaigojé Apaporis
IUCN IINational Natural Park
0.58 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 1 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
3 240mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,51
Runoff
1 868mm/an
PET
1 596mm
AET
1 596mm
Mean slope
1,4°
Water table
25cm
Forest
99%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)