HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #5080183970
Bassin de Sungai Taritatu
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 : Jayapura, Pegunungan Bintang, Yahukimo
Sub-basin area
1 206,6km²
Upstream area
21 531,4km²
Discharge
1 030,79m³/s
Mean elev.
400m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Sungai A520 km²
- Bassin de Sungai Taritatu74 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 546.9 km²45.5% of basin
- 472.1 km²39.3% of basin
- 182.3 km²15.2% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Memberamo Foja
IUCN Not ReportedWildlife Reserve
232.95 km² overlap
Pegunungan Jayawijaya
IUCN Not ReportedWildlife Reserve
48.85 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
12 distinct species · 18 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°
25,2°C
Annual rain
2 412mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,40
Runoff
1 207mm/an
PET
1 455mm
AET
1 454mm
Mean slope
9,3°
Water table
289cm
Forest
92%
Crops
6%
Urban
2%
Protected
30%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)