HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080540660
Bassin de Rio alto Madre de Dios
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 5 administrative regions : Calca, La Convención, Manu, Paucartambo, Quispicanchi
Sub-basin area
7 680,2km²
Upstream area
7 680,5km²
Discharge
329,58m³/s
Mean elev.
1 711m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
5 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Manu4067.9 km²53.2% of basin
- PaucartamboCusco · Peru3521.1 km²46.0% of basin
- CalcaCusco · Peru40.6 km²0.5% of basin
- QuispicanchiCusco · Peru18.1 km²0.2% of basin
- La ConvenciónCusco · Peru3.4 km²0.0% of basin
8 intersecting protected areas
del Manu
IUCN IINational Park
3805.26 km² overlap
Manú National Park
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
3763.55 km² overlap
Q'eros Kosñipata
IUCN VIRegional Conservation Area
523.32 km² overlap
Amarakaeri
IUCN VICommunal Reserve
155.36 km² overlap
Megantoni
IUCN IIINational Sanctuary
6.39 km² overlap
Wayqecha
IUCN VIPrivate Conservation Area
5.93 km² overlap
Japu - Bosque Ukumari Llaqta
IUCN VIPrivate Conservation Area
1.52 km² overlap
Private Conservation Area
0.06 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
8 001 distinct species · 949 131 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 15 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Bassin de Rio alto Madre de Dios : 14 espèces reliées par 10 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 9.5%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 1 bulle taxonomique (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
19,2°C
Annual rain
2 043mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,08
Runoff
1 442mm/an
PET
1 612mm
AET
1 279mm
Mean slope
18,5°
Water table
613cm
Forest
85%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
75%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)