HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #5080042790

Bassin · #5080042790

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 : Mappi, Merauke

Coastal basin 3% lakePfafstetter: 53153090

Sub-basin area

1 231km²

Upstream area

1 231km²

Discharge

19,05m³/s

Mean elev.

12m

Administrative coverage

2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)

Mappi
Papua · Indonesia
1025.5 km²
83.7% of basin
Merauke
Papua · Indonesia
187.0 km²
15.3% of basin

Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.

Species present

2 distinct species · 3 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°

26,5°C

Annual rain

2 426mm

Moisture idx (CMI)

0,35

Runoff

1 282mm/an

PET

1 583mm

AET

1 500mm

Mean slope

0,6°

Water table

18cm

Forest

56%

Crops

25%

Urban

Protected

HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)