HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080262520
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
94,3km²
Upstream area
50 353,2km²
Discharge
3 030,23m³/s
Mean elev.
119m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Río Putumayo1697 km²
- Bassin de Río Sabaloyacu1324 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 56.2 km²59.9% of basin
- 37.7 km²40.1% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
8 distinct species · 9 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°
26,3°C
Annual rain
2 857mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,42
Runoff
1 471mm/an
PET
1 659mm
AET
1 659mm
Mean slope
1,2°
Water table
32cm
Forest
95%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)