HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #5080047570
Bassin de Muam River
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 3 administrative regions : Aitape-Lumi, Ambunti-Dreikikir, Maprik
Sub-basin area
376,5km²
Upstream area
376,5km²
Discharge
10,75m³/s
Mean elev.
446m
Administrative coverage
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 362.7 km²96.8% of basin
- 8.1 km²2.2% of basin
- 4.0 km²1.1% 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°
24,6°C
Annual rain
1 970mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,21
Runoff
791mm/an
PET
1 552mm
AET
1 457mm
Mean slope
14,7°
Water table
471cm
Forest
74%
Crops
3%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)