HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #5080042460
Bassin · #5080042460
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 : Merauke, South Fly
Sub-basin area
167,9km²
Upstream area
167,9km²
Discharge
4,72m³/s
Mean elev.
15m
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 157.7 km²94.3% of basin
- 1.7 km²1.0% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Wasur National Park
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
157.96 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
0 distinct species · 0 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°
26,4°C
Annual rain
1 420mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,06
Runoff
781mm/an
PET
1 512mm
AET
1 051mm
Mean slope
0,4°
Water table
25cm
Forest
49%
Crops
36%
Urban
0%
Protected
68%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)