HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080065340
Bassin de Río Magdalena
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 : Plato, Santa Ana, Santa Bárbara de Pinto
Sub-basin area
145,4km²
Upstream area
3 767,2km²
Discharge
38,52m³/s
Mean elev.
30m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #60800652201361 km²
- Bassin · #608006516074 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 104.5 km²72.2% of basin
- 30.9 km²21.4% of basin
- 9.3 km²6.4% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Plan de Ordenación y Manejo de la Cuenca Hidrográfica Directos Bajo Magdalena Entre El Banco y Plato
IUCN Not ApplicablePOMCA
42.50 km² overlap
Nuevo México
IUCN VICivil Society Nature Reserve
1.31 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 1 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°
27,7°C
Annual rain
1 419mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,22
Runoff
287mm/an
PET
1 831mm
AET
1 164mm
Mean slope
0,6°
Water table
67cm
Forest
4%
Crops
9%
Urban
1%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)