HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080656600
Bassin de Rio Desaguadero
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 1 administrative regions : Pacajes
Sub-basin area
320,8km²
Upstream area
76 787,1km²
Discharge
666,8m³/s
Mean elev.
3 970m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Río Caquingora306 km²
- Bassin de Río Mauri205 km²
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
6 distinct species · 7 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°
7,6°C
Annual rain
408mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,68
Runoff
60mm/an
PET
1 261mm
AET
349mm
Mean slope
3,6°
Water table
445cm
Forest
1%
Crops
4%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)