HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080003920
Bassin · #6080003920
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 : Benítez, Cajigal, Mariño
Sub-basin area
41,2km²
Upstream area
41,4km²
Discharge
0,35m³/s
Mean elev.
18m
Administrative coverage
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 19.6 km²47.8% of basin
- 15.0 km²36.6% of basin
- 0.1 km²0.1% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Turuépano
IUCN IINational Park (PN)
34.68 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 distinct species · 3 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°
26,8°C
Annual rain
1 356mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,13
Runoff
274mm/an
PET
1 553mm
AET
1 144mm
Mean slope
1,4°
Water table
97cm
Forest
88%
Crops
10%
Urban
0%
Protected
48%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)