HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080016200
Bassin de Arroyo de las Cañas
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 6 administrative regions : Garzon, Maldonado, NA, Pan de Azúcar, Punta del Este +1
Sub-basin area
1 483,2km²
Upstream area
1 483,4km²
Discharge
29,14m³/s
Mean elev.
113m
Administrative coverage
6 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- San CarlosMaldonado · Uruguay1205.9 km²81.3% of basin
- 139.4 km²9.4% of basin
- 122.8 km²8.3% of basin
- Punta del EsteMaldonado · Uruguay7.6 km²0.5% of basin
- 5.3 km²0.4% of basin
- Pan de AzúcarMaldonado · Uruguay2.0 km²0.1% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 150 distinct species · 100 000 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 28 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 Arroyo de las Cañas : 21 espèces reliées par 34 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 9.0%, 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°
16,4°C
Annual rain
1 137mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,01
Runoff
625mm/an
PET
1 125mm
AET
870mm
Mean slope
3,3°
Water table
184cm
Forest
13%
Crops
1%
Urban
2%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)