HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080032720
Bassin de Estero Salitral
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 3 administrative regions : Guayaquil, Playas, Santa Elena
Sub-basin area
596,8km²
Upstream area
596,8km²
Discharge
1,42m³/s
Mean elev.
38m
Administrative coverage
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Santa ElenaSanta Elena · Ecuador224.9 km²37.9% of basin
- 209.0 km²35.2% of basin
- 140.5 km²23.7% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Manglares El Morro
IUCN IVWildlife Refuge
5.85 km² overlap
Playas De Villamil
IUCN VNational Recreation Area
3.29 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
927 distinct species · 14 377 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 Estero Salitral : 30 espèces reliées par 48 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 6.2%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 10 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°
24,3°C
Annual rain
363mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,76
Runoff
217mm/an
PET
1 515mm
AET
307mm
Mean slope
1,7°
Water table
230cm
Forest
2%
Crops
2%
Urban
4%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)