HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080033130
Bassin de Río Sucio
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 4 administrative regions : Atacames, Esmeraldas, Muisne, Quinindé
Sub-basin area
472,2km²
Upstream area
472,2km²
Discharge
14,42m³/s
Mean elev.
117m
Administrative coverage
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
2 intersecting protected areas
Mache Chindul
IUCN IbEcological Reserve
327.85 km² overlap
Wildlife Refuge
4.74 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
581 distinct species · 1 457 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 34 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 Sucio : 29 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 29 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 5.2%, 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°
24,8°C
Annual rain
1 765mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,24
Runoff
967mm/an
PET
1 335mm
AET
1 111mm
Mean slope
7,4°
Water table
274cm
Forest
34%
Crops
7%
Urban
0%
Protected
69%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)