HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080878090
Bassin · #6080878090
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 : Las Heras, Lavalle
Sub-basin area
49,3km²
Upstream area
2 763,1km²
Discharge
4,37m³/s
Mean elev.
568m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #60808786001754 km²
- Bassin de Cacique Guaymallén419 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 47.4 km²96.1% of basin
- 1.9 km²3.9% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Lagunas de Guanacache, Desaguadero y del Bebedero
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
49.29 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°
17,6°C
Annual rain
158mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,90
Runoff
7mm/an
PET
1 544mm
AET
134mm
Mean slope
0,0°
Water table
8cm
Forest
0%
Crops
3%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)