HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080041640
Bassin de Quebrada de Sallín
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 across 2 countries : Antofagasta, El Loa, Los Andes
Sub-basin area
1 464,2km²
Upstream area
1 464,2km²
Discharge
0m³/s
Mean elev.
3 872m
Administrative coverage
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- AntofagastaAntofagasta · Chile1366.8 km²93.6% of basin
- 81.6 km²5.6% of basin
- 12.5 km²0.9% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Los Andes
IUCN VINature Wildlife Reserve
87.40 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
42 distinct species · 59 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°
7,0°C
Annual rain
29mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,97
Runoff
2mm/an
PET
1 140mm
AET
34mm
Mean slope
8,8°
Water table
793cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
9%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)