HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #5080215530
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 2 administrative regions : Middle Fly, South Fly
Sub-basin area
439,7km²
Upstream area
57 743,6km²
Discharge
4 634,32m³/s
Mean elev.
24m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Fly River1830 km²
- Bassin de Fly River889 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 329.6 km²75.3% of basin
- 108.3 km²24.7% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
23 distinct species · 24 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
2 297mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,31
Runoff
1 157mm/an
PET
1 578mm
AET
1 446mm
Mean slope
1,3°
Water table
38cm
Forest
49%
Crops
9%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)