HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080034290
Bassin de Río Purricha
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 : Bajo Baudó, Medio Baudó
Sub-basin area
387km²
Upstream area
387km²
Discharge
66,64m³/s
Mean elev.
136m
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 322.7 km²83.7% of basin
- 60.7 km²15.7% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Integrated Management Regional Districts
72.07 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
37 distinct species · 73 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°
25,5°C
Annual rain
6 821mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,78
Runoff
5 688mm/an
PET
1 510mm
AET
1 510mm
Mean slope
6,3°
Water table
165cm
Forest
94%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
5%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)