HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080002960
Bassin · #6080002960
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 : Falcón, Los Tanques
Sub-basin area
321,8km²
Upstream area
322km²
Discharge
0,21m³/s
Mean elev.
56m
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 250.7 km²78.2% of basin
- Los TanquesFalcón · Venezuela69.7 km²21.8% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Tourist Interest Area (ZIT)
315.83 km² overlap
Montecano
IUCN IIINatural Monument (MN)
16.40 km² overlap
Cuevas de Paraguaná
IUCN IIIWildlife Sanctuary (SFS)
0.18 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
115 distinct species · 601 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 27 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 · #6080002960 : 21 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 32 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 9.1%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 6 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°
27,6°C
Annual rain
431mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,73
Runoff
40mm/an
PET
1 571mm
AET
363mm
Mean slope
0,4°
Water table
206cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)