HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #5080048270
Bassin · #5080048270
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 : Kabwum, Rai Coast, Tewae-Siassi
Sub-basin area
73,9km²
Upstream area
73,9km²
Discharge
3,68m³/s
Mean elev.
480m
Administrative coverage
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 38.4 km²52.2% of basin
- 24.3 km²33.0% of basin
- Rai CoastMadang · Papua New Guinea6.9 km²9.4% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
YUS
IUCN VIConservation Area
68.08 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
59 distinct species · 116 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°
24,4°C
Annual rain
2 283mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,33
Runoff
1 569mm/an
PET
1 531mm
AET
1 416mm
Mean slope
13,4°
Water table
360cm
Forest
23%
Crops
8%
Urban
6%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)