HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080843660
Bassin de Río de la Palca
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 1 administrative regions : Iglesia
Sub-basin area
864,6km²
Upstream area
5 623,4km²
Discharge
2,51m³/s
Mean elev.
3 809m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Río de las Taguas2283 km²
- Bassin de Río del Valle del Cura194 km²
4 intersecting protected areas
San Guillermo
IUCN IIProvincial Park
863.50 km² overlap
San Guillermo - Zona de amortiguamiento
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
729.30 km² overlap
San Guillermo - Zona núcleo
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
134.20 km² overlap
San Guillermo
IUCN IINational Park
134.20 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
5 distinct species · 6 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°
2,5°C
Annual rain
127mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,84
Runoff
21mm/an
PET
850mm
AET
128mm
Mean slope
20,0°
Water table
1 130cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
16%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)