HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080070520
Bassin · #6080070520
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 2 administrative regions : Caimito, San Benito Abad
Sub-basin area
46,2km²
Upstream area
12 018,9km²
Discharge
379,01m³/s
Mean elev.
15m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Río San Jorge1356 km²
- Bassin de Río San Jorge255 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 32.0 km²69.5% of basin
- 14.0 km²30.5% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Cuenca Hidrográfica Rio San Jorge
IUCN Not ApplicableWatershed
46.00 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°
27,8°C
Annual rain
1 906mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,09
Runoff
474mm/an
PET
1 743mm
AET
1 282mm
Mean slope
0,2°
Water table
29cm
Forest
27%
Crops
9%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)