HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080074080
Bassin de Río Chama
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 5 administrative regions : Andrés Bello, Arzobispo Chacón, Campo Elías, Caracciolo Parra Olmedo, Sucre
Sub-basin area
563,7km²
Upstream area
2 360,8km²
Discharge
55,33m³/s
Mean elev.
1 965m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #6080073700600 km²
- Bassin de Río Chama288 km²
5 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 277.1 km²49.4% of basin
- 252.6 km²45.0% of basin
- 19.0 km²3.4% of basin
- 11.3 km²2.0% of basin
- 1.4 km²0.2% of basin
9 intersecting protected areas
Protective Zone (ZP)
103.78 km² overlap
National Park (PN)
76.13 km² overlap
Protective Zone (ZP)
74.29 km² overlap
Protective Zone (ZP)
4.81 km² overlap
Zona Sur Lago de Maracaibo
IUCN VINational Hydraulic Reserve (RNH)
1.39 km² overlap
Chorreras Las González
IUCN IIINatural Monument (MN)
1.30 km² overlap
Laguna de Urao
IUCN IIINatural Monument (MN)
0.45 km² overlap
Cuenca del Río Albarregas
IUCN VIProtective Zone (ZP)
0.34 km² overlap
Sierra Nevada
IUCN IINational Park (PN)
0.15 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 083 distinct species · 4 237 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 Río Chama : 24 espèces reliées par 23 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 5.3%, 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°
16,4°C
Annual rain
988mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,25
Runoff
661mm/an
PET
1 359mm
AET
825mm
Mean slope
20,5°
Water table
694cm
Forest
36%
Crops
1%
Urban
9%
Protected
43%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)