HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080873510
Bassin · #6080873510
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 : Ayacucho, Caucete, Veinticinco de Mayo
Sub-basin area
567,5km²
Upstream area
63 951,1km²
Discharge
15,02m³/s
Mean elev.
541m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Río Bermejo1773 km²
- Bassin de Río Negro1003 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 412.9 km²72.8% of basin
- 120.9 km²21.3% of basin
- 33.4 km²5.9% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Lagunas de Guanacache, Desaguadero y del Bebedero
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
3.85 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 1 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°
18,3°C
Annual rain
236mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,85
Runoff
7mm/an
PET
1 562mm
AET
199mm
Mean slope
0,1°
Water table
21cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)