HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080031730
Bassin de Río Loco de Chamán
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 : Chepén, Chiclayo, Contumazá, Pacasmayo, San Miguel
Sub-basin area
1 246km²
Upstream area
1 246km²
Discharge
1,92m³/s
Mean elev.
505m
Administrative coverage
5 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 716.9 km²57.8% of basin
- San MiguelCajamarca · Peru468.9 km²37.8% of basin
- Pacasmayo50.5 km²4.1% of basin
- ChiclayoLambayeque · Peru3.3 km²0.3% of basin
- 1.0 km²0.1% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
272 distinct species · 1 500 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 38 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 Loco de Chamán : 30 espèces reliées par 48 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 6.5%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 9 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°
21,3°C
Annual rain
122mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,92
Runoff
54mm/an
PET
1 634mm
AET
102mm
Mean slope
9,6°
Water table
909cm
Forest
5%
Crops
18%
Urban
2%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)