HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080577350
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 3 administrative regions : Acomayo, Paruro, Quispicanchi
Sub-basin area
960,5km²
Upstream area
9 916,6km²
Discharge
210,51m³/s
Mean elev.
3 777m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Río Apurimac1892 km²
- Bassin de Río Apurimac789 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- AcomayoCusco · Peru502.8 km²52.5% of basin
- ParuroCusco · Peru441.4 km²46.1% of basin
- QuispicanchiCusco · Peru12.7 km²1.3% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
276 distinct species · 3 752 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 25 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 Apurimac : 19 espèces reliées par 37 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 8.5%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 11 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°
8,6°C
Annual rain
773mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,39
Runoff
640mm/an
PET
1 289mm
AET
654mm
Mean slope
19,9°
Water table
691cm
Forest
33%
Crops
10%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)