HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080075460
Bassin de Río Tuquesa
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 2 administrative regions : Cémaco, Kuna Yala
Sub-basin area
548,4km²
Upstream area
548,4km²
Discharge
31,59m³/s
Mean elev.
264m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 517.7 km²94.8% of basin
- 28.5 km²5.2% of basin
5 intersecting protected areas
Alto Darién
IUCN VProtective Forest
512.04 km² overlap
Darien National Park
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
15.18 km² overlap
Darién
IUCN IINational Park
7.45 km² overlap
Darién
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
7.45 km² overlap
Darién
IUCN VINational Protective Forest Reserves
2.04 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 087 distinct species · 60 882 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 15 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 Tuquesa : 12 espèces reliées par 12 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 10.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 4 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°
25,2°C
Annual rain
1 922mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,25
Runoff
1 776mm/an
PET
1 438mm
AET
1 245mm
Mean slope
7,9°
Water table
285cm
Forest
82%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
2%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)