HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080040880
Bassin de Río de Los Patos
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 5 administrative regions : Antofagasta de la Sierra, Belén, Los Andes, Molinos, San Carlos
Sub-basin area
3 888km²
Upstream area
3 888,2km²
Discharge
25,51m³/s
Mean elev.
4 360m
Administrative coverage
5 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 2715.0 km²70.0% of basin
- 506.7 km²13.1% of basin
- 290.7 km²7.5% of basin
- 261.8 km²6.7% of basin
- 106.2 km²2.7% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Laguna Blanca
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
673.30 km² overlap
Lagunas Altoandinas y Puneñas de Catamarca
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
114.82 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
112 distinct species · 817 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 20 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 de Los Patos : 16 espèces reliées par 16 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 7.6%, 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°
4,6°C
Annual rain
101mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,90
Runoff
231mm/an
PET
1 017mm
AET
98mm
Mean slope
6,7°
Water table
425cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)