HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080056710
Bassin de Río Fundación
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 6 administrative regions : Algarrobo, Aracataca, El Retén, Fundación, Pivijay +1
Sub-basin area
1 422,8km²
Upstream area
1 423,1km²
Discharge
47,04m³/s
Mean elev.
992m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
6 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 671.7 km²47.4% of basin
- 504.8 km²35.6% of basin
- 138.4 km²9.8% of basin
- 72.9 km²5.1% of basin
- 21.6 km²1.5% of basin
- 7.8 km²0.5% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta
IUCN IINational Natural Park
571.29 km² overlap
Sitio Ramsar Delta Estuarino del Rio Magdalena, Cienaga Grande de Santa Marta (Sitio Ramsar SDERM-CGSM)
IUCN Not ApplicableWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
86.27 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 111 distinct species · 7 217 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 33 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 Fundación : 26 espèces reliées par 41 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 7.8%, 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°
21,7°C
Annual rain
1 935mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,11
Runoff
821mm/an
PET
1 604mm
AET
1 201mm
Mean slope
12,8°
Water table
488cm
Forest
25%
Crops
10%
Urban
1%
Protected
39%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)