HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080033140
Bassin de Río San Francisco
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 : Atacames, Esmeraldas, Muisne
Sub-basin area
1 032,8km²
Upstream area
1 032,8km²
Discharge
0,2m³/s
Mean elev.
100m
Administrative coverage
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
4 intersecting protected areas
Mache Chindul
IUCN IbEcological Reserve
56.75 km² overlap
Wildlife Refuge
20.69 km² overlap
Galera San Francisco
IUCN VMarine Reserve
11.10 km² overlap
Wildlife Refuge
2.25 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 570 distinct species · 17 382 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 30 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 San Francisco : 22 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 37 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 8.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 9 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°
24,9°C
Annual rain
1 404mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,05
Runoff
819mm/an
PET
1 297mm
AET
1 003mm
Mean slope
7,3°
Water table
276cm
Forest
7%
Crops
14%
Urban
3%
Protected
6%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)