HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080842230
Bassin de Río Blanco
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 : Coronel Felipe Varela, Iglesia
Sub-basin area
696,5km²
Upstream area
8 038,2km²
Discharge
2,29m³/s
Mean elev.
3 417m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Quebrada del Torito477 km²
- Bassin de Río Blanco161 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 680.2 km²97.8% of basin
- 15.3 km²2.2% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
San Guillermo
IUCN IIProvincial Park
198.75 km² overlap
San Guillermo - Zona núcleo
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
194.19 km² overlap
San Guillermo
IUCN IINational Park
194.19 km² overlap
San Guillermo - Zona de amortiguamiento
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
5.39 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°
5,1°C
Annual rain
125mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,87
Runoff
16mm/an
PET
968mm
AET
120mm
Mean slope
17,3°
Water table
979cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
28%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)