HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080059990
Bassin de Río Magdalena
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 : El Guamo, Plato, San Jacinto, San Juan Nepomuceno, Tenerife +2
Sub-basin area
1 015,2km²
Upstream area
255 279,1km²
Discharge
7 271,35m³/s
Mean elev.
123m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Río Magdalena945 km²
- Bassin de Arroyo Alférez731 km²
7 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 372.3 km²36.8% of basin
- 346.1 km²34.2% of basin
- 132.3 km²13.1% of basin
- 67.5 km²6.7% of basin
- 56.5 km²5.6% of basin
- 30.0 km²3.0% of basin
- 6.5 km²0.6% of basin
30 intersecting protected areas
Los Colorados
IUCN IbFauna and Flora Sanctuary
10.41 km² overlap
Integrated Management Regional Districts
4.82 km² overlap
El Tolima
IUCN VICivil Society Nature Reserve
1.83 km² overlap
Nuevo Mejico
IUCN VICivil Society Nature Reserve
1.29 km² overlap
Los Titíes de San Juan
IUCN VICivil Society Nature Reserve
0.70 km² overlap
La Esperanza
IUCN VICivil Society Nature Reserve
0.58 km² overlap
Los Titíes De San Juan IV
IUCN VICivil Society Nature Reserve
0.45 km² overlap
Monte Rey Vera Cruz
IUCN VICivil Society Nature Reserve
0.35 km² overlap
Las Peñas
IUCN VICivil Society Nature Reserve
0.29 km² overlap
21 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Meza de Piedra
IUCN VICivil Society Nature Reserve
0.28 km² overlap
Las Carolinas
IUCN VICivil Society Nature Reserve
0.27 km² overlap
Potozí
IUCN VICivil Society Nature Reserve
0.27 km² overlap
Pinturas
IUCN VICivil Society Nature Reserve
0.27 km² overlap
Los Titíes De San Juan III
IUCN VICivil Society Nature Reserve
0.25 km² overlap
El Tablón
IUCN VICivil Society Nature Reserve
0.24 km² overlap
Mis Anhelos
IUCN VICivil Society Nature Reserve
0.23 km² overlap
El Delirio
IUCN VICivil Society Nature Reserve
0.20 km² overlap
La Gloria
IUCN VICivil Society Nature Reserve
0.14 km² overlap
La Fe
IUCN VICivil Society Nature Reserve
0.13 km² overlap
La Florida
IUCN VICivil Society Nature Reserve
0.12 km² overlap
Pintura
IUCN VICivil Society Nature Reserve
0.11 km² overlap
Huasipungo
IUCN VICivil Society Nature Reserve
0.11 km² overlap
Mancame
IUCN VICivil Society Nature Reserve
0.10 km² overlap
Raicero
IUCN VICivil Society Nature Reserve
0.10 km² overlap
Las Marías
IUCN VICivil Society Nature Reserve
0.08 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)
0.08 km² overlap
Campanales de Picacho
IUCN VICivil Society Nature Reserve
0.06 km² overlap
Nueva Esperanza
IUCN VICivil Society Nature Reserve
0.06 km² overlap
El Consuelo
IUCN VICivil Society Nature Reserve
0.05 km² overlap
Buenavista
IUCN VICivil Society Nature Reserve
0.05 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 426 distinct species · 98 879 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 35 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 Magdalena : 30 espèces reliées par 40 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 6.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 5 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 132mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,39
Runoff
264mm/an
PET
1 876mm
AET
957mm
Mean slope
3,9°
Water table
279cm
Forest
35%
Crops
8%
Urban
1%
Protected
2%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)