HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080715100
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
257km²
Upstream area
21 406,4km²
Discharge
55,65m³/s
Mean elev.
1 873m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Quebrada Los Pinos329 km²
- Bassin de Río Pilcomayo199 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 200.4 km²78.2% of basin
- Azurduy44.1 km²17.2% of basin
- 11.9 km²4.6% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 distinct species · 16 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°
18,7°C
Annual rain
709mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,56
Runoff
83mm/an
PET
1 606mm
AET
599mm
Mean slope
24,1°
Water table
872cm
Forest
53%
Crops
29%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)