HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080494390
Bassin de Río Pativilca
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 : Bolognesi, Cajatambo, Ocros
Sub-basin area
579,4km²
Upstream area
1 617,2km²
Discharge
33,56m³/s
Mean elev.
3 457m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Río Pativilca757 km²
- Bassin de Llamac281 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 412.7 km²71.5% of basin
- 163.0 km²28.2% of basin
- 1.4 km²0.2% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Pacllón
IUCN VIPrivate Conservation Area
30.42 km² overlap
Huayllapa
IUCN VIPrivate Conservation Area
0.51 km² overlap
Cordillera Huayhuash
IUCN Not AssignedRestricted Zone
0.34 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
12 distinct species · 31 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°
8,8°C
Annual rain
519mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,54
Runoff
562mm/an
PET
1 214mm
AET
441mm
Mean slope
25,3°
Water table
866cm
Forest
22%
Crops
10%
Urban
0%
Protected
5%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)