HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080604960
Bassin · #6080604960
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 across 2 countries : Franz Tamayo, Huancane
Sub-basin area
157,6km²
Upstream area
157,6km²
Discharge
3,65m³/s
Mean elev.
4 620m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 151.1 km²96.3% of basin
- HuancanePuno · Peru5.9 km²3.7% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Apolobamba
IUCN Not ReportedNational Natural Integrated Management Area
151.87 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
24 distinct species · 28 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°
3,9°C
Annual rain
689mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,28
Runoff
488mm/an
PET
958mm
AET
583mm
Mean slope
6,6°
Water table
329cm
Forest
1%
Crops
10%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)