HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080068080
Bassin de caño la maroma
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 1 administrative regions : Colón
Sub-basin area
314,9km²
Upstream area
314,9km²
Discharge
4,54m³/s
Mean elev.
18m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 intersecting protected areas
Zona Sur Lago de Maracaibo
IUCN VINational Hydraulic Reserve (RNH)
313.62 km² overlap
Lago de Maracaibo
IUCN VICritical Area with Treatment Priority (ACPT)
313.62 km² overlap
Ciénagas de Juan Manuel
IUCN IINational Park (PN)
0.99 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
203 distinct species · 288 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 caño la maroma : 31 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 34 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 5.1%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 6 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°
28,7°C
Annual rain
1 518mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,18
Runoff
455mm/an
PET
1 857mm
AET
1 285mm
Mean slope
0,0°
Water table
4cm
Forest
8%
Crops
1%
Urban
1%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)