HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080614650
Bassin · #6080614650
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 : Caravelí, Lucanas, Parinacochas
Sub-basin area
763km²
Upstream area
763km²
Discharge
1,08m³/s
Mean elev.
2 546m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 493.9 km²65.0% of basin
- 147.9 km²19.4% of basin
- 118.6 km²15.6% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
14 distinct species · 15 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°
12,7°C
Annual rain
249mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,82
Runoff
41mm/an
PET
1 462mm
AET
209mm
Mean slope
15,6°
Water table
987cm
Forest
7%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)