HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080001050
Bassin de Río Tapias
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 4 administrative regions : Dibulla, Distracción, Riohacha, San Juan del Cesar
Sub-basin area
1 070km²
Upstream area
1 070km²
Discharge
7,83m³/s
Mean elev.
419m
Administrative coverage
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 929.6 km²87.2% of basin
- 134.2 km²12.6% of basin
- 1.5 km²0.1% of basin
- 0.4 km²0.0% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta
IUCN IINational Natural Park
166.74 km² overlap
Los Flamencos
IUCN IbFauna and Flora Sanctuary
2.34 km² overlap
Integrated Management Regional Districts
0.45 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
565 distinct species · 36 204 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 21 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 Tapias : 14 espèces reliées par 25 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 11.9%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 7 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°
25,6°C
Annual rain
1 375mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,20
Runoff
372mm/an
PET
1 713mm
AET
1 059mm
Mean slope
9,4°
Water table
399cm
Forest
12%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
16%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)