HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080278470
Bassin de Rio Ampiyacu
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 : Mariscal Ramón Castilla, Maynas
Sub-basin area
308,9km²
Upstream area
308,9km²
Discharge
19,31m³/s
Mean elev.
134m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Mariscal Ramón CastillaLoreto · Peru215.7 km²70.1% of basin
- 91.9 km²29.9% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Ampiyacu Apayacu
IUCN VIRegional Conservation Area
306.63 km² overlap
Maijuna Kichwa
IUCN VIRegional Conservation Area
0.90 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
6 distinct species · 7 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°
26,1°C
Annual rain
2 927mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,43
Runoff
1 973mm/an
PET
1 670mm
AET
1 670mm
Mean slope
0,6°
Water table
5cm
Forest
100%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)