HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080260680
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 : Maynas, Puerto Arica
Sub-basin area
332,8km²
Upstream area
78 255,6km²
Discharge
4 386,19m³/s
Mean elev.
121m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Río Putumayo1575 km²
- Bassin de Quebrada Mutún1046 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 227.6 km²68.7% of basin
- 103.7 km²31.3% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Bajo Putumayo Yaguas
IUCN VICommunal Reserve
102.14 km² overlap
Yaguas
IUCN IINational Park
1.80 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
37 distinct species · 44 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°
26,0°C
Annual rain
2 988mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,45
Runoff
1 905mm/an
PET
1 633mm
AET
1 633mm
Mean slope
0,9°
Water table
16cm
Forest
98%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
1%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)