HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #5080206850
Bassin de Fly 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 across 2 countries : Boven Digoel, Merauke, Middle Fly
Sub-basin area
659,7km²
Upstream area
659,9km²
Discharge
41,65m³/s
Mean elev.
46m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 401.3 km²61.1% of basin
- 254.7 km²38.8% of basin
- 0.9 km²0.1% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
20 distinct species · 33 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°
26,5°C
Annual rain
3 384mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,53
Runoff
1 989mm/an
PET
1 603mm
AET
1 603mm
Mean slope
1,2°
Water table
35cm
Forest
96%
Crops
9%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)