HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080042020
Bassin · #6080042020
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 : Antofagasta de la Sierra
Sub-basin area
1 149,8km²
Upstream area
1 149,9km²
Discharge
0,04m³/s
Mean elev.
3 856m
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1147.7 km²100.0% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Lagunas Altoandinas y Puneñas de Catamarca
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
147.83 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
13 distinct species · 17 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°
7,2°C
Annual rain
69mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,93
Runoff
6mm/an
PET
1 067mm
AET
69mm
Mean slope
9,6°
Water table
708cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)