HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #5080047200
Bassin · #5080047200
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 : Jayapura, Sarmi
Sub-basin area
1 861,4km²
Upstream area
1 862km²
Discharge
49,31m³/s
Mean elev.
218m
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1793.8 km²96.8% of basin
- 59.3 km²3.2% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Memberamo Foja
IUCN Not ReportedWildlife Reserve
41.80 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
17 distinct species · 36 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°
26,1°C
Annual rain
2 903mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,44
Runoff
925mm/an
PET
1 616mm
AET
1 616mm
Mean slope
5,7°
Water table
198cm
Forest
95%
Crops
9%
Urban
0%
Protected
7%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)