HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080028550
Bassin de Quebrada de La Cachina
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 : Antofagasta, Chañaral
Sub-basin area
2 350,3km²
Upstream area
2 350,5km²
Discharge
0,49m³/s
Mean elev.
1 409m
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- AntofagastaAntofagasta · Chile2341.9 km²99.8% of basin
- 3.7 km²0.2% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Pan de Azúcar
IUCN Not ReportedNational Park
75.80 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
86 distinct species · 641 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 9 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 de La Cachina : 9 espèces reliées par 7 interactions GloBI sur 1 type (connectance 19.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
16,3°C
Annual rain
12mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,99
Runoff
5mm/an
PET
1 390mm
AET
11mm
Mean slope
4,9°
Water table
1 121cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
3%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)