HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080003220
Bassin · #6080003220
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 : Acosta, Monseñor Iturriza, Silva
Sub-basin area
538,6km²
Upstream area
538,6km²
Discharge
0,79m³/s
Mean elev.
39m
Administrative coverage
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 283.4 km²52.8% of basin
- Monseñor IturrizaFalcón · Venezuela195.6 km²36.5% of basin
- 0.3 km²0.1% of basin
7 intersecting protected areas
Valle del Río Aroa
IUCN VIRural Integrated Development Area (ARDI)
173.01 km² overlap
Tourist Interest Area (ZIT)
123.48 km² overlap
Morrocoy
IUCN IINational Park (PN)
123.42 km² overlap
Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
95.84 km² overlap
Cuare
IUCN IVWildlife Refuge (RFS)
95.84 km² overlap
Playa Norte
IUCN VIProtective Zone (ZP)
3.45 km² overlap
Tucurere
IUCN IVWildlife Reserve (REFA)
0.01 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 566 distinct species · 63 747 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 29 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 · #6080003220 : 21 espèces reliées par 29 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 7.1%, 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°
26,8°C
Annual rain
1 175mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,25
Runoff
119mm/an
PET
1 563mm
AET
978mm
Mean slope
2,0°
Water table
187cm
Forest
36%
Crops
3%
Urban
4%
Protected
24%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)