HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080028170
Bassin de Quebrada La Higuera
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 : Copiapó, Huasco
Sub-basin area
287,9km²
Upstream area
287,9km²
Discharge
0m³/s
Mean elev.
340m
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 146.1 km²50.8% of basin
- 129.9 km²45.2% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Llanos del Challe
IUCN Not ReportedNational Park
45.87 km² overlap
Humedal Costero de Totoral
IUCN Not ReportedNature Sanctuary
0.11 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
304 distinct species · 3 669 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 43 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 Quebrada La Higuera : 37 espèces reliées par 51 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 5.6%, 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°
16,0°C
Annual rain
36mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,97
Runoff
12mm/an
PET
1 212mm
AET
38mm
Mean slope
9,4°
Water table
1 002cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
16%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)