HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080042430
Bassin de Quebrada Piedra Pomez
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 : Chañaral, Copiapó, Tinogasta
Sub-basin area
917,7km²
Upstream area
917,7km²
Discharge
0m³/s
Mean elev.
4 913m
Administrative coverage
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 907.5 km²99.1% of basin
- 4.8 km²0.5% of basin
- 3.8 km²0.4% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Lagunas Altoandinas y Puneñas de Catamarca
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
2.76 km² overlap
Nevado de Tres Cruces
IUCN Not ReportedNational Park
0.85 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 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°
0,6°C
Annual rain
86mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,88
Runoff
1mm/an
PET
768mm
AET
100mm
Mean slope
9,7°
Water table
919cm
Forest
2%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)