HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080600940
Bassin de Río Suapi
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 : Franz Tamayo, Sud Yungas
Sub-basin area
229,3km²
Upstream area
229,3km²
Discharge
4,2m³/s
Mean elev.
625m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 228.4 km²100.0% of basin
- 0.0 km²0.0% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Parque Nacional Pilón-Lajas
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
228.44 km² overlap
Pilón Lajas
IUCN Not ReportedIndigenous Territory
228.44 km² overlap
Pilón Lajas
IUCN Not ReportedBiosphere Reserve and Indigenous Territory
227.05 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
116 distinct species · 191 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°
23,8°C
Annual rain
1 774mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,08
Runoff
578mm/an
PET
1 627mm
AET
1 341mm
Mean slope
11,6°
Water table
393cm
Forest
94%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)