HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080551030
Bassin de Río Vilcanota
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 11 administrative regions : Acomayo, Anta, Calca, Canas, Canchis +6
Sub-basin area
8 825,6km²
Upstream area
12 928,9km²
Discharge
288,43m³/s
Mean elev.
3 610m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Río Acco2339 km²
- Bassin de Río Vilcanota1765 km²
11 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- La ConvenciónCusco · Peru3074.3 km²35.0% of basin
- UrubambaCusco · Peru1448.7 km²16.5% of basin
- QuispicanchiCusco · Peru1130.5 km²12.9% of basin
- CalcaCusco · Peru813.9 km²9.3% of basin
- 761.3 km²8.7% of basin
- 668.6 km²7.6% of basin
- CuscoCusco · Peru370.9 km²4.2% of basin
- AcomayoCusco · Peru309.1 km²3.5% of basin
3 moreFull L2 list
- Paucartambo210.6 km² · 2.4%
- Paruro3.8 km² · 0.0%
- Canas0.7 km² · 0.0%
13 intersecting protected areas
Choquequirao
IUCN VIRegional Conservation Area
596.86 km² overlap
Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
369.94 km² overlap
de Machupicchu
IUCN IIIHistoric Sanctuary
369.94 km² overlap
Chuyapi Urusayhua
IUCN VIRegional Conservation Area
100.34 km² overlap
Ausangate
IUCN VIRegional Conservation Area
93.21 km² overlap
Suttoc y Pacchac
IUCN VIPrivate Conservation Area
18.05 km² overlap
Kuntur Wachana
IUCN VIPrivate Conservation Area
12.87 km² overlap
San Luis
IUCN VIPrivate Conservation Area
11.23 km² overlap
Pumawasi
IUCN VIPrivate Conservation Area
8.60 km² overlap
4 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Private Conservation Area
0.71 km² overlap
Private Conservation Area
0.43 km² overlap
Santuario de La Verónica
IUCN VIPrivate Conservation Area
0.21 km² overlap
Ausangate
IUCN Not ReportedPrivate Conservation Area
0.01 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
6 755 distinct species · 832 103 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 18 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 Río Vilcanota : 13 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 14 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 9.2%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 5 bulles taxonomiques (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°
9,9°C
Annual rain
866mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,35
Runoff
817mm/an
PET
1 336mm
AET
727mm
Mean slope
22,1°
Water table
782cm
Forest
22%
Crops
5%
Urban
2%
Protected
23%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)