HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080076570
Bassin de Río Balsas
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 across 2 countries : Chepigana, Juradó, Pinogana, Riosucio, Sambú
Sub-basin area
2 036,8km²
Upstream area
2 036,9km²
Discharge
137,69m³/s
Mean elev.
258m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
5 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1988.7 km²98.1% of basin
- 22.1 km²1.1% of basin
- 7.0 km²0.3% of basin
- 2.0 km²0.1% of basin
- 1.1 km²0.1% of basin
6 intersecting protected areas
Darien National Park
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
975.63 km² overlap
Darién
IUCN IINational Park
947.79 km² overlap
Darién
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
947.79 km² overlap
Chepigana
IUCN VIForest Reserve
281.63 km² overlap
Serranía del Bagre
IUCN Not ReportedBiological Corridor
231.10 km² overlap
Wildlife Refuge
48.74 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 185 distinct species · 21 872 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 18 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 Balsas : 13 espèces reliées par 17 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 11.1%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 5 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°
25,4°C
Annual rain
2 816mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,46
Runoff
2 158mm/an
PET
1 469mm
AET
1 262mm
Mean slope
8,2°
Water table
244cm
Forest
89%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
46%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)