HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080620020
Bassin de Río Huaycho
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 across 2 countries : Camacho, Huancane, Moho
Sub-basin area
874km²
Upstream area
874km²
Discharge
9,23m³/s
Mean elev.
4 137m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
12 distinct species · 16 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°
7,0°C
Annual rain
762mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,26
Runoff
342mm/an
PET
1 025mm
AET
644mm
Mean slope
8,2°
Water table
423cm
Forest
2%
Crops
4%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)