HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080058290
Bassin de Río Caucagua
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 : Acevedo, Paz Castillo, Plaza, Sucre, Zamora
Sub-basin area
816,3km²
Upstream area
816,6km²
Discharge
8,36m³/s
Mean elev.
699m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
5 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 318.5 km²39.2% of basin
- 177.9 km²21.9% of basin
- 175.5 km²21.6% of basin
- 100.1 km²12.3% of basin
- 41.1 km²5.1% of basin
8 intersecting protected areas
Cuenca del Río Tuy
IUCN VICritical Area with Treatment Priority (ACPT)
811.86 km² overlap
Waraira Repano
IUCN IINational Park (PN)
184.09 km² overlap
Agricultural Development Zone (ZAA)
168.13 km² overlap
Protective Zone (ZP)
74.23 km² overlap
Cuenca del Río Chuspita
IUCN VIProtective Zone (ZP)
57.37 km² overlap
Environmental Protection and Recovery Area (APRA)
29.22 km² overlap
Tourist Interest Area (ZIT)
17.39 km² overlap
La Pereza
IUCN VIProtective Zone (ZP)
2.16 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 001 distinct species · 62 609 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 22 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 Caucagua : 13 espèces reliées par 25 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 10.8%, 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°
22,1°C
Annual rain
1 337mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,14
Runoff
308mm/an
PET
1 545mm
AET
1 106mm
Mean slope
15,7°
Water table
638cm
Forest
58%
Crops
10%
Urban
19%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)