HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #5080202410
Bassin de Wahgi 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 2 administrative regions : Gumine, Sina Sina-Yonggomugl
Sub-basin area
118,4km²
Upstream area
3 671,2km²
Discharge
175,67m³/s
Mean elev.
1 874m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Wahgi River1813 km²
- Bassin de Simbu River633 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 70.6 km²59.8% of basin
- 47.4 km²40.2% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
16 distinct species · 47 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°
17,9°C
Annual rain
2 381mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,38
Runoff
1 527mm/an
PET
1 477mm
AET
1 461mm
Mean slope
20,8°
Water table
714cm
Forest
47%
Crops
8%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)