HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080068660
Bassin de Caño Limón
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 4 administrative regions : Chimichagua, Curumaní, El Banco, Pailitas
Sub-basin area
891,8km²
Upstream area
21 400,5km²
Discharge
347m³/s
Mean elev.
51m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #6080066720321 km²
- Bassin · #608006661010 km²
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 653.0 km²73.5% of basin
- 137.5 km²15.5% of basin
- 97.4 km²11.0% of basin
- 0.2 km²0.0% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Integrated Management Regional Districts
602.52 km² overlap
Complejo Cenagoso de Zapatosa
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
595.08 km² overlap
Plan de Ordenacion y Manejo de la Cuenca Hidrografica Rio Bajo Cesar-Cienaga de Zapatosa
IUCN Not ApplicablePOMCA
173.57 km² overlap
Plan de Ordenación y Manejo de la Cuenca Hidrográfica Directos Bajo Magdalena Entre El Banco y Plato
IUCN Not ApplicablePOMCA
0.73 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
834 distinct species · 4 137 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 30 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 Limón : 23 espèces reliées par 33 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 7.6%, 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°
28,1°C
Annual rain
1 985mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,10
Runoff
425mm/an
PET
1 795mm
AET
1 376mm
Mean slope
1,7°
Water table
77cm
Forest
4%
Crops
5%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)