HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080845120
Bassin de Río Talampaya
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 : Coronel Felipe Varela
Sub-basin area
21,6km²
Upstream area
3 794,6km²
Discharge
0,94m³/s
Mean elev.
1 128m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Río Agua Fria1495 km²
- Bassin de Río Talampaya304 km²
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 21.6 km²100.0% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Ischigualasto / Talampaya Natural Parks
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
19.51 km² overlap
Talampaya
IUCN IINational Park
18.91 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°
16,8°C
Annual rain
153mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,90
Runoff
4mm/an
PET
1 580mm
AET
129mm
Mean slope
7,8°
Water table
621cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
89%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)