HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080847030
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 across 2 countries : Elqui, Iglesia
Sub-basin area
673,8km²
Upstream area
674,2km²
Discharge
0,28m³/s
Mean elev.
4 375m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 671.2 km²99.7% of basin
- 1.8 km²0.3% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
San Guillermo - Zona de amortiguamiento
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
670.80 km² overlap
San Guillermo
IUCN IIProvincial Park
670.80 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
7 distinct species · 9 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°
-0,9°C
Annual rain
149mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,78
Runoff
14mm/an
PET
701mm
AET
155mm
Mean slope
13,5°
Water table
1 031cm
Forest
2%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)