HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080000790
Bassin de Río Buritaca
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 3 administrative regions : Ciénaga, Pueblo Viejo, Santa Marta
Sub-basin area
1 676,3km²
Upstream area
1 676,3km²
Discharge
0,19m³/s
Mean elev.
658m
Administrative coverage
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1423.1 km²85.2% of basin
- 192.5 km²11.5% of basin
- 1.3 km²0.1% of basin
15 intersecting protected areas
Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta
IUCN IINational Natural Park
252.65 km² overlap
Tayrona
IUCN IINational Natural Park
151.03 km² overlap
Sitio Ramsar Delta Estuarino del Rio Magdalena, Cienaga Grande de Santa Marta (Sitio Ramsar SDERM-CGSM)
IUCN Not ApplicableWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
7.88 km² overlap
Las Aves El Dorado
IUCN VICivil Society Nature Reserve
5.26 km² overlap
Las Nubes
IUCN VICivil Society Nature Reserve
3.71 km² overlap
National Protective Forest Reserves
3.59 km² overlap
Civil Society Nature Reserve
1.01 km² overlap
Caracolí
IUCN VICivil Society Nature Reserve
0.73 km² overlap
Civil Society Nature Reserve
0.36 km² overlap
6 more protected areassorted by overlap area
El Silencio
IUCN VICivil Society Nature Reserve
0.22 km² overlap
La Iguana Verde
IUCN VICivil Society Nature Reserve
0.15 km² overlap
Anukwe
IUCN VICivil Society Nature Reserve
0.14 km² overlap
Biologica Caoba
IUCN VICivil Society Nature Reserve
0.06 km² overlap
Pachamama
IUCN VICivil Society Nature Reserve
0.03 km² overlap
Afra
IUCN VICivil Society Nature Reserve
0.02 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
8 274 distinct species · 1 135 920 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 10 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 Buritaca : 6 espèces reliées par 9 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 20.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 4 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°
23,9°C
Annual rain
1 898mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,08
Runoff
764mm/an
PET
1 598mm
AET
1 097mm
Mean slope
17,4°
Water table
656cm
Forest
38%
Crops
9%
Urban
8%
Protected
24%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)