HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080890610
Bassin · #6080890610
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 1 administrative regions : La Capital
Sub-basin area
68km²
Upstream area
3 938,4km²
Discharge
0,98m³/s
Mean elev.
456m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Río Chorrillos931 km²
- Bassin · #6080890240912 km²
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 67.9 km²100.0% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Lagunas de Guanacache, Desaguadero y del Bebedero
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
34.32 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°
17,4°C
Annual rain
484mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,68
Runoff
5mm/an
PET
1 529mm
AET
409mm
Mean slope
0,4°
Water table
26cm
Forest
0%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)