HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080059820
Bassin de Canal Principal
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 7 administrative regions : Arjona, El Carmen de Bolívar, Mahates, María la Baja, San Jacinto +2
Sub-basin area
1 167,8km²
Upstream area
1 167,8km²
Discharge
14,2m³/s
Mean elev.
95m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
7 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 461.8 km²39.7% of basin
- 194.5 km²16.7% of basin
- 145.3 km²12.5% of basin
- 131.3 km²11.3% of basin
- 107.5 km²9.2% of basin
- 78.8 km²6.8% of basin
- 43.9 km²3.8% of basin
18 intersecting protected areas
Area marina Protegida Archipielago Corales del Rosario y San Bernardo
IUCN Not ApplicableMarine Protected Area
2.19 km² overlap
Raicero
IUCN VICivil Society Nature Reserve
0.99 km² overlap
Prusia
IUCN VICivil Society Nature Reserve
0.94 km² overlap
Vayan Viendo
IUCN VICivil Society Nature Reserve
0.48 km² overlap
Pava
IUCN VICivil Society Nature Reserve
0.28 km² overlap
El Diamante
IUCN VICivil Society Nature Reserve
0.28 km² overlap
El Caracolí
IUCN VICivil Society Nature Reserve
0.28 km² overlap
Olway Mis Padres
IUCN VICivil Society Nature Reserve
0.24 km² overlap
Buenavista
IUCN VICivil Society Nature Reserve
0.20 km² overlap
9 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Campanales de Picacho
IUCN VICivil Society Nature Reserve
0.19 km² overlap
Mancame
IUCN VICivil Society Nature Reserve
0.19 km² overlap
Reserva Natural Salto Topacio
IUCN Not ApplicableNature Reserve
0.16 km² overlap
Nueva Esperanza
IUCN VICivil Society Nature Reserve
0.11 km² overlap
Meza de Piedra
IUCN VICivil Society Nature Reserve
0.09 km² overlap
La Esmeralda
IUCN VICivil Society Nature Reserve
0.08 km² overlap
Catón Lote 4
IUCN VICivil Society Nature Reserve
0.06 km² overlap
El Consuelo
IUCN VICivil Society Nature Reserve
0.05 km² overlap
Los Colorados
IUCN VICivil Society Nature Reserve
0.00 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 341 distinct species · 83 625 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 40 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 Canal Principal : 33 espèces reliées par 48 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 6.2%, 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°
27,5°C
Annual rain
1 546mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,13
Runoff
353mm/an
PET
1 772mm
AET
1 232mm
Mean slope
4,0°
Water table
204cm
Forest
42%
Crops
4%
Urban
1%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)