HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080862510
Bassin de Río Jáchal
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 3 administrative regions : Angaco, Caucete, Jáchal
Sub-basin area
502,4km²
Upstream area
3 984,6km²
Discharge
0,87m³/s
Mean elev.
676m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Río Uspiñaco1276 km²
- Bassin de Río Huaco838 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 429.0 km²85.5% of basin
- 47.5 km²9.5% of basin
- 25.4 km²5.1% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Valle Fértil
IUCN VIMultiple Use Reserve
174.83 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 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°
18,2°C
Annual rain
161mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,90
Runoff
10mm/an
PET
1 615mm
AET
135mm
Mean slope
0,0°
Water table
13cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
32%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)