HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080847130
Bassin de Río del Valle del Cura
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
750,9km²
Upstream area
750,9km²
Discharge
0,41m³/s
Mean elev.
4 419m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 747.9 km²99.7% of basin
- 2.2 km²0.3% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
San Guillermo - Zona de amortiguamiento
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
117.63 km² overlap
San Guillermo
IUCN IIProvincial Park
117.63 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
24 distinct species · 43 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°
-1,4°C
Annual rain
164mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,75
Runoff
21mm/an
PET
686mm
AET
169mm
Mean slope
14,5°
Water table
1 015cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)