HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080919090
Bassin · #6080919090
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 : Chalileo, Limay Mahuida
Sub-basin area
291,9km²
Upstream area
222 998,6km²
Discharge
211,1m³/s
Mean elev.
281m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #60809170101002 km²
- Bassin de Río Salado847 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 174.7 km²59.8% of basin
- 117.3 km²40.2% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Ñochilei-co
IUCN VINature Reserve
122.35 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 2 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°
15,5°C
Annual rain
419mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,72
Runoff
78mm/an
PET
1 515mm
AET
355mm
Mean slope
0,0°
Water table
7cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)