Ontologia

HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080679270

Bassin · #6080679270

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 : Parinacota, Sabaya, Sajama

Endorheic 4% lakePfafstetter: 66405292

Sub-basin area

264,1km²

Upstream area

264,1km²

Discharge

0,04m³/s

Mean elev.

4 194m

Administrative coverage

Hydrographic chain

▼ Drains into

Bassin de Río Lauca334 km²

▲ Receives from 0 basins

Source / headwater (no upstream basin)

3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)

2 intersecting protected areas

  • Lauca (RB)

    IUCN Not Applicable

    UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve

    1.80 km² overlap

  • Las Vicuñas

    IUCN Not Reported

    National Reserve

    1.07 km² overlap

Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.

Species present

24 distinct species · 39 observations

Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.

Densité d'observations

39 obs · 3 cellules
Obs. / cellule
≥ 23
23–22
23–22
15–22
< 15

Source : GBIF — observations agrégées par hexagones 0.027° × 0.027° (~22km), filtre précision coordonnée < 10 km. Fond carte : OpenFreeMap · © OpenStreetMap.

Ecological tissue

Not enough documented interactions to build a meaningful graph for this territory.

Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)

Mean T°

4,7°C

Annual rain

288mm

Moisture idx (CMI)

-0,74

Runoff

5mm/an

PET

1 144mm

AET

252mm

Mean slope

6,6°

Water table

694cm

Forest

0%

Crops

1%

Urban

0%

Protected

0%

HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)