HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080681380
Bassin de Río Argos
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 : Albacete, Murcia
Sub-basin area
1 134km²
Upstream area
6 518,2km²
Discharge
14,3m³/s
Mean elev.
792m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Río Mundo2707 km²
- Bassin de Río Segura2677 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1111.1 km²97.9% of basin
- 23.7 km²2.1% of basin
13 intersecting protected areas
Sierra de Moratalla
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
203.38 km² overlap
Sierra de la Muela
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
78.18 km² overlap
Sierras y Vega Alta del Segura y Ríos Alhárabe y Moratalla
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
43.36 km² overlap
Sierra del Gavilán
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
40.88 km² overlap
Sierra de Villafuerte
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
39.62 km² overlap
Sierra del Molino, Embalse del Quípar y Llanos del Cagitán
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
36.17 km² overlap
Sierra de Mojantes
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
7.65 km² overlap
Cuerda de la Serrata
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
3.45 km² overlap
Nature Reserve
2.49 km² overlap
4 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Natural Monument
0.24 km² overlap
Sierra de Alcaraz y Segura y cañones del Segura y del Mundo
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
0.20 km² overlap
Sierra de Alcaraz y Segura y cañones del Segura y del Mundo
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.20 km² overlap
Yesares de Hellín
IUCN IVMicroreserve
0.12 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 764 distinct species · 51 242 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 36 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Bassin de Río Argos : 24 espèces reliées par 72 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 10.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 13 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
14,2°C
Annual rain
415mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,64
Runoff
50mm/an
PET
1 178mm
AET
356mm
Mean slope
7,6°
Water table
646cm
Forest
12%
Crops
45%
Urban
3%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)