HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #5080219680
Bassin · #5080219680
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 across 2 countries : Merauke, South Fly
Sub-basin area
236,3km²
Upstream area
236,4km²
Discharge
6,64m³/s
Mean elev.
8m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 127.7 km²54.3% of basin
- 107.6 km²45.7% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Wasur National Park
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
150.19 km² overlap
Tonda
IUCN Not ReportedWildlife Management Area
86.94 km² overlap
Tonda Wildlife Management Area
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
86.94 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
4 distinct species · 9 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°
26,4°C
Annual rain
1 448mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,04
Runoff
783mm/an
PET
1 515mm
AET
1 076mm
Mean slope
0,2°
Water table
8cm
Forest
9%
Crops
31%
Urban
0%
Protected
97%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)