HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080701520
Bassin · #6080701520
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 across 2 countries : Fuerte Olimpo, Germán Busch
Sub-basin area
491,5km²
Upstream area
31 456,8km²
Discharge
48,58m³/s
Mean elev.
88m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #6080700310881 km²
- Bassin · #6080700370169 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 399.8 km²81.6% of basin
- 90.2 km²18.4% of basin
5 intersecting protected areas
Otuquis
IUCN Not ReportedNational Park
382.84 km² overlap
Reserva de la Biosfera del Chaco
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
126.03 km² overlap
Reserva de la Biosfera del Chaco
IUCN Not ReportedBiosphere Reserve-National & UNESCO-MAB
126.03 km² overlap
Rio Negro
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
125.27 km² overlap
Rio Negro
IUCN IINational Park Reservations
125.27 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
18 distinct species · 18 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°
25,6°C
Annual rain
985mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,46
Runoff
79mm/an
PET
1 816mm
AET
833mm
Mean slope
0,1°
Water table
6cm
Forest
75%
Crops
6%
Urban
0%
Protected
92%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)