HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080605770
Bassin de Rio Chacapalca
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 : Lampa, Melgar
Sub-basin area
311,8km²
Upstream area
311,8km²
Discharge
4,2m³/s
Mean elev.
4 651m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- LampaPuno · Peru308.2 km²99.2% of basin
- 2.5 km²0.8% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
0 distinct species · 0 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°
2,4°C
Annual rain
818mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,19
Runoff
424mm/an
PET
1 021mm
AET
659mm
Mean slope
13,1°
Water table
582cm
Forest
6%
Crops
3%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)