HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080568770
Bassin de Río Apurimac
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 2 administrative regions : Abancay, La Convención
Sub-basin area
347,1km²
Upstream area
26 574,4km²
Discharge
584,3m³/s
Mean elev.
2 904m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Rio Arma225 km²
- Bassin de Río Apurimac50 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- La ConvenciónCusco · Peru239.5 km²69.3% of basin
- 106.2 km²30.7% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
188 distinct species · 1 274 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°
14,1°C
Annual rain
897mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,41
Runoff
657mm/an
PET
1 541mm
AET
763mm
Mean slope
28,4°
Water table
989cm
Forest
41%
Crops
5%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)