HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080003550
Bassin de Río Guapo
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 : Acevedo, Andrés Bello, Monagas, Páez, San José de Guaribe
Sub-basin area
836,2km²
Upstream area
836,2km²
Discharge
7,98m³/s
Mean elev.
319m
Administrative coverage
5 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 638.3 km²76.6% of basin
- 93.4 km²11.2% of basin
- 58.4 km²7.0% of basin
- 34.4 km²4.1% of basin
- 8.2 km²1.0% of basin
6 intersecting protected areas
Cuenca del Río Tuy
IUCN VICritical Area with Treatment Priority (ACPT)
832.22 km² overlap
Agricultural Development Zone (ZAA)
261.83 km² overlap
Laguna de Tacarigua
IUCN IIWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
4.88 km² overlap
Laguna de Tacarigua
IUCN IINational Park (PN)
4.88 km² overlap
Tourist Interest Area (ZIT)
3.60 km² overlap
Tourist Interest Area (ZIT)
0.17 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
611 distinct species · 1 952 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 26 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 Guapo : 21 espèces reliées par 29 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 8.3%, 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°
25,8°C
Annual rain
1 408mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,18
Runoff
285mm/an
PET
1 700mm
AET
1 150mm
Mean slope
10,5°
Water table
405cm
Forest
85%
Crops
11%
Urban
2%
Protected
43%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)