HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080032620
Bassin de Estero Salado
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 1 administrative regions : Guayaquil
Sub-basin area
686,3km²
Upstream area
686,3km²
Discharge
3,49m³/s
Mean elev.
7m
Administrative coverage
2 intersecting protected areas
Manglares del Estuario Interior del Golfo de Guayaquil
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
152.61 km² overlap
Manglares El Salado
IUCN VIFauna Production Reserve
71.17 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 633 distinct species · 34 608 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 29 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 Estero Salado : 22 espèces reliées par 29 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 7.1%, 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°
25,4°C
Annual rain
651mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,60
Runoff
489mm/an
PET
1 631mm
AET
551mm
Mean slope
0,9°
Water table
45cm
Forest
84%
Crops
0%
Urban
12%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)