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HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080541550

Bassin · #6080541550

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 : Chupaca, Huancayo, Yauyos

3% lakePfafstetter: 62299966

Sub-basin area

427,7km²

Upstream area

427,7km²

Discharge

8,66m³/s

Mean elev.

4 425m

Administrative coverage

Hydrographic chain

▼ Drains into

Bassin de Rio Aimaraes12 km²

▲ Receives from 0 basins

Source / headwater (no upstream basin)

3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)

  • Huancayo
    Junín · Peru
    181.6 km²
    42.6% of basin
  • Yauyos
    Lima · Peru
    137.2 km²
    32.2% of basin
  • Chupaca
    Junín · Peru
    107.3 km²
    25.2% of basin

1 intersecting protected areas

Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.

Species present

30 distinct species · 59 observations

Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.

Densité d'observations

59 obs · 4 cellules
Obs. / cellule
≥ 25
25–24
19–24
19–18
< 19

Source : GBIF — observations agrégées par hexagones 0.027° × 0.027° (~22km), filtre précision coordonnée < 10 km. Fond carte : OpenFreeMap · © OpenStreetMap.

Ecological tissue

Not enough documented interactions to build a meaningful graph for this territory.

Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)

Mean T°

3,8°C

Annual rain

854mm

Moisture idx (CMI)

-0,12

Runoff

620mm/an

PET

978mm

AET

673mm

Mean slope

10,4°

Water table

526cm

Forest

4%

Crops

5%

Urban

0%

Protected

4%

HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)