HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080059620
Bassin de Quebrada Acarigua
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 : Andrés Eloy Blanco, Iribarren, Jiménez, Morán, Torres
Sub-basin area
1 074,9km²
Upstream area
1 074,9km²
Discharge
6,29m³/s
Mean elev.
818m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
5 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 766.7 km²71.6% of basin
- 110.0 km²10.3% of basin
- 90.8 km²8.5% of basin
- 65.6 km²6.1% of basin
- 37.4 km²3.5% of basin
7 intersecting protected areas
Valle del Quíbor
IUCN VINational Hydraulic Reserve (RNH)
578.59 km² overlap
Valle de Quíbor
IUCN VIRural Integrated Development Area (ARDI)
462.21 km² overlap
Depresión de Quíbor
IUCN VIAgricultural Development Zone (ZAA)
316.69 km² overlap
Cerro Saroche
IUCN IINational Park (PN)
77.58 km² overlap
Yacambú
IUCN IINational Park (PN)
26.54 km² overlap
Protective Zone (ZP)
5.42 km² overlap
Protective Zone (ZP)
1.16 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
653 distinct species · 7 197 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 Quebrada Acarigua : 25 espèces reliées par 44 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 8.3%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 8 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°
22,9°C
Annual rain
604mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,61
Runoff
210mm/an
PET
1 574mm
AET
510mm
Mean slope
6,7°
Water table
313cm
Forest
27%
Crops
4%
Urban
15%
Protected
83%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)