HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080257200
Bassin de Río Pucacuro
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 : Loreto, Maynas, Pastaza
Sub-basin area
1 280,3km²
Upstream area
1 280,3km²
Discharge
85,63m³/s
Mean elev.
210m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 900.3 km²70.6% of basin
- 322.7 km²25.3% of basin
- 51.6 km²4.1% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Pucacuro
IUCN VINational Reserve
923.12 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 distinct species · 6 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°
25,5°C
Annual rain
2 828mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,41
Runoff
2 129mm/an
PET
1 672mm
AET
1 672mm
Mean slope
1,2°
Water table
23cm
Forest
100%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
75%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)