HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080068780
Bassin de Río Zulia
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 across 2 countries : Catatumbo, García de Hevia, Jesús María Semprún, Tibú
Sub-basin area
1 405km²
Upstream area
8 993km²
Discharge
301,16m³/s
Mean elev.
42m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Río Orope398 km²
- Bassin de Río Zulia285 km²
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1262.9 km²90.3% of basin
- 119.9 km²8.6% of basin
- 14.5 km²1.0% of basin
- 1.9 km²0.1% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Lago de Maracaibo
IUCN VICritical Area with Treatment Priority (ACPT)
1399.14 km² overlap
Zona Sur Lago de Maracaibo
IUCN VINational Hydraulic Reserve (RNH)
696.27 km² overlap
Río Tarra
IUCN VForest Area Under Protection (ABBP)
234.04 km² overlap
Cuenca Hidrográfica Rio Zulia
IUCN Not ApplicableWatershed
8.84 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
192 distinct species · 393 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 Zulia : 28 espèces reliées par 34 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 5.7%, 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°
28,3°C
Annual rain
2 037mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,07
Runoff
819mm/an
PET
1 849mm
AET
1 569mm
Mean slope
0,9°
Water table
50cm
Forest
1%
Crops
4%
Urban
0%
Protected
48%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)