HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080032690
Bassin de Canal Chongón
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 : Guayaquil, Santa Elena
Sub-basin area
272,2km²
Upstream area
272,2km²
Discharge
1,64m³/s
Mean elev.
47m
Species present
282 distinct species · 1 668 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 33 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 Canal Chongón : 28 espèces reliées par 31 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 5.9%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 5 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°
24,6°C
Annual rain
514mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,67
Runoff
284mm/an
PET
1 582mm
AET
436mm
Mean slope
1,8°
Water table
173cm
Forest
8%
Crops
4%
Urban
1%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)