HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080042300
Bassin de Quebrada Mulas Muertas
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 across 2 countries : Antofagasta de la Sierra, Chañaral, Copiapó, Tinogasta
Sub-basin area
1 914,3km²
Upstream area
1 914,3km²
Discharge
0m³/s
Mean elev.
4 888m
Administrative coverage
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 991.8 km²51.9% of basin
- 686.1 km²35.9% of basin
- 223.2 km²11.7% of basin
- 9.8 km²0.5% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Lagunas Altoandinas y Puneñas de Catamarca
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
0.06 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
29 distinct species · 66 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 7 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 Quebrada Mulas Muertas : 6 espèces reliées par 5 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 23.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 1 bulle taxonomique (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°
1,0°C
Annual rain
85mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,89
Runoff
1mm/an
PET
794mm
AET
97mm
Mean slope
10,4°
Water table
851cm
Forest
1%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)