HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #5080219700
Bassin de Morehead 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 1 administrative regions : South Fly
Sub-basin area
624,7km²
Upstream area
624,7km²
Discharge
14,98m³/s
Mean elev.
21m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 622.1 km²100.0% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Tonda
IUCN Not ReportedWildlife Management Area
547.02 km² overlap
Tonda Wildlife Management Area
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
547.02 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
5 distinct species · 12 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
1 626mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,08
Runoff
718mm/an
PET
1 499mm
AET
1 183mm
Mean slope
0,6°
Water table
18cm
Forest
31%
Crops
10%
Urban
0%
Protected
88%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)