HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080031510
Bassin de Río Chicama
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 : Ascope, Trujillo
Sub-basin area
431,4km²
Upstream area
431,4km²
Discharge
0,28m³/s
Mean elev.
209m
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Ascope327.5 km²76.2% of basin
- Trujillo95.7 km²22.3% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Lomas del Cerro Campana
IUCN VIPrivate Conservation Area
30.26 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
144 distinct species · 393 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 42 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 Chicama : 36 espèces reliées par 47 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 5.2%, 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°
19,5°C
Annual rain
25mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,98
Runoff
34mm/an
PET
1 415mm
AET
22mm
Mean slope
4,4°
Water table
844cm
Forest
5%
Crops
12%
Urban
4%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)