HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080256420
Bassin de Río Putumayo
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 across 2 countries : El Encanto, Maynas
Sub-basin area
558,9km²
Upstream area
62 217,3km²
Discharge
3 646,07m³/s
Mean elev.
121m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Río Algodón710 km²
- Bassin de Río Putumayo194 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 352.5 km²63.4% of basin
- 203.9 km²36.6% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Medio Putumayo Algodón
IUCN Not ReportedRegional Conservation Area
15.10 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
5 distinct species · 9 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 4 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Bassin de Río Putumayo : 4 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 2 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 33.3%, filtre Serrano α=0.2).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
26,2°C
Annual rain
2 868mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,43
Runoff
1 666mm/an
PET
1 641mm
AET
1 641mm
Mean slope
0,8°
Water table
14cm
Forest
98%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)