HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080003940
Bassin · #6080003940
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, Libertador
Sub-basin area
15,1km²
Upstream area
15,1km²
Discharge
0,16m³/s
Mean elev.
18m
Administrative coverage
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 8.0 km²53.0% of basin
- 5.6 km²37.3% of basin
- 0.8 km²5.6% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Turuépano
IUCN IINational Park (PN)
12.98 km² overlap
Selva de Guarapiche
IUCN VIForest Reserve (RF)
0.00 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 1 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 485mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,06
Runoff
342mm/an
PET
1 583mm
AET
1 250mm
Mean slope
1,8°
Water table
93cm
Forest
87%
Crops
10%
Urban
0%
Protected
61%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)