HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080000370
Bassin de Río Volcán
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 5 administrative regions : Arboletes, Canalete, Los Córdobas, Puerto Escondido, San Juan de Urabá
Sub-basin area
361,7km²
Upstream area
361,7km²
Discharge
2,26m³/s
Mean elev.
71m
Administrative coverage
5 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 201.4 km²55.9% of basin
- 67.2 km²18.7% of basin
- 46.1 km²12.8% of basin
- 20.8 km²5.8% of basin
- 11.3 km²3.1% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Cuenca Hidrográfica del Río Canalete, Rio Los Córdobas y Otros Arroyos Directos al Mar
IUCN Not ApplicableWatershed
287.65 km² overlap
Campo Alegre
IUCN VICivil Society Nature Reserve
1.47 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
567 distinct species · 3 121 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 34 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 Volcán : 26 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 39 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 7.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 8 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°
26,6°C
Annual rain
1 519mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,04
Runoff
601mm/an
PET
1 452mm
AET
1 185mm
Mean slope
3,0°
Water table
143cm
Forest
3%
Crops
10%
Urban
4%
Protected
1%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)