HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080714500
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 3 administrative regions : Azurduy, Nor Cinti, Sur Cinti
Sub-basin area
198,8km²
Upstream area
20 820,5km²
Discharge
55,64m³/s
Mean elev.
2 031m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Río Pilcomayo2334 km²
- Bassin de Río Santa Elena1577 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 177.1 km²89.3% of basin
- Azurduy21.1 km²10.7% of basin
- 0.1 km²0.0% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
7 distinct species · 13 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°
18,1°C
Annual rain
685mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,57
Runoff
94mm/an
PET
1 592mm
AET
578mm
Mean slope
24,4°
Water table
879cm
Forest
28%
Crops
19%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)