HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080714340
Bassin de Río Pilcomayo
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 5 administrative regions : Azurduy, José María Linares, Nor Cinti, Tomina, Zudáñez
Sub-basin area
2 334,2km²
Upstream area
19 045km²
Discharge
50,4m³/s
Mean elev.
2 705m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Río Turuchipa2213 km²
- Bassin de Río Pilcomayo2043 km²
5 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 969.8 km²41.7% of basin
- Azurduy917.2 km²39.4% of basin
- 247.3 km²10.6% of basin
- 193.0 km²8.3% of basin
- Tomina0.0 km²0.0% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
77 distinct species · 170 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°
15,3°C
Annual rain
651mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,55
Runoff
85mm/an
PET
1 455mm
AET
551mm
Mean slope
20,6°
Water table
856cm
Forest
11%
Crops
5%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)