HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080033120
Bassin de Río Sálima
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 : Muisne, Pedernales
Sub-basin area
236,3km²
Upstream area
236,6km²
Discharge
7,14m³/s
Mean elev.
37m
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- MuisneEsmeraldas · Ecuador222.0 km²94.3% of basin
- 0.8 km²0.3% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Wildlife Refuge
39.16 km² overlap
Mache Chindul
IUCN IbEcological Reserve
17.04 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
618 distinct species · 4 783 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 22 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 Sálima : 15 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 24 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 10.4%, 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°
25,1°C
Annual rain
1 599mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,16
Runoff
944mm/an
PET
1 338mm
AET
1 088mm
Mean slope
2,7°
Water table
157cm
Forest
30%
Crops
8%
Urban
0%
Protected
6%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)