HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080043950
Bassin · #6080043950
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 4 administrative regions across 2 countries : Antofagasta de la Sierra, Chañaral, Copiapó, Tinogasta
Sub-basin area
1 712,4km²
Upstream area
1 712,4km²
Discharge
0m³/s
Mean elev.
4 638m
Administrative coverage
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1656.1 km²96.9% of basin
- 51.4 km²3.0% of basin
- 1.7 km²0.1% of basin
- 0.2 km²0.0% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Lagunas Altoandinas y Puneñas de Catamarca
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
352.01 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
12 distinct species · 15 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°
2,7°C
Annual rain
78mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,91
Runoff
1mm/an
PET
870mm
AET
87mm
Mean slope
9,7°
Water table
923cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)