HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080711610
Bassin de Río Guadalhorce
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 : Málaga
Sub-basin area
506,4km²
Upstream area
2 344,4km²
Discharge
12,31m³/s
Mean elev.
430m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Río Turón266 km²
- Bassin de Arroyo del Capitán1 km²
14 intersecting protected areas
Sierras de Alcaparaín y Aguas
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
43.68 km² overlap
Natura 2000
43.68 km² overlap
Desfiladero de los Gaitanes
IUCN IINature Place
18.15 km² overlap
Desfiladero de Los Gaitanes
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
18.15 km² overlap
Desfiladero de Los Gaitanes
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
18.15 km² overlap
Desfiladero de los Gaitanes
IUCN IVNatura 2000
18.15 km² overlap
Natura 2000
15.26 km² overlap
Sierras de Abdalajís y La Encantada Sur
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
15.26 km² overlap
Torcal de Antequera
IUCN IINature Place
4.97 km² overlap
5 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Torcal de Antequera
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
4.97 km² overlap
Torcal de Antequera
IUCN IVNatura 2000
4.97 km² overlap
Torcal de Antequera
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
4.97 km² overlap
Natura 2000
2.95 km² overlap
Ríos Guadalhorce, Fahalas y Pereilas
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
2.95 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 267 distinct species · 124 467 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 35 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 Guadalhorce : 24 espèces reliées par 70 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 11.1%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 12 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°
16,4°C
Annual rain
639mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,44
Runoff
173mm/an
PET
1 150mm
AET
539mm
Mean slope
10,8°
Water table
446cm
Forest
12%
Crops
63%
Urban
2%
Protected
5%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)