HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080032740
Bassin de Río Zapotal
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
1 068km²
Upstream area
1 068km²
Discharge
6,73m³/s
Mean elev.
91m
Species present
667 distinct species · 4 720 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 41 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 Zapotal : 30 espèces reliées par 51 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 6.2%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 11 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°
24,2°C
Annual rain
449mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,70
Runoff
287mm/an
PET
1 466mm
AET
381mm
Mean slope
2,6°
Water table
271cm
Forest
0%
Crops
4%
Urban
0%
Protected
4%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)