HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080497070
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 : Cajatambo, Huaura, Ocros
Sub-basin area
505,7km²
Upstream area
3 464,7km²
Discharge
56,22m³/s
Mean elev.
2 529m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Río Gorgor557 km²
- Bassin de Río Pativilca45 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 259.2 km²51.5% of basin
- 200.9 km²39.9% of basin
- 43.6 km²8.6% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
32 distinct species · 90 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°
12,6°C
Annual rain
308mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,75
Runoff
302mm/an
PET
1 359mm
AET
261mm
Mean slope
31,3°
Water table
1 283cm
Forest
16%
Crops
6%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)