HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080704810
Bassin de Río Negro
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
58,6km²
Upstream area
58 609,6km²
Discharge
199,59m³/s
Mean elev.
81m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #6080703970618 km²
- Bassin · #6080703880251 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 56.0 km²96.0% of basin
- 2.4 km²4.0% of basin
5 intersecting protected areas
Reserva de la Biosfera del Chaco
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
55.91 km² overlap
Reserva de la Biosfera del Chaco
IUCN Not ReportedBiosphere Reserve-National & UNESCO-MAB
55.91 km² overlap
Rio Negro
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
21.72 km² overlap
Rio Negro
IUCN IINational Park Reservations
21.72 km² overlap
Otuquis
IUCN Not ReportedNational Park
3.10 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
0 distinct species · 0 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°
25,8°C
Annual rain
972mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,46
Runoff
127mm/an
PET
1 802mm
AET
822mm
Mean slope
0,0°
Water table
3cm
Forest
42%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
5%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)