HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080077220
Bassin de Río Chico
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 3 administrative regions across 2 countries : Cémaco, Pinogana, Unguía
Sub-basin area
643,9km²
Upstream area
643,9km²
Discharge
36,91m³/s
Mean elev.
499m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 580.9 km²90.6% of basin
- 53.9 km²8.4% of basin
- 6.4 km²1.0% of basin
5 intersecting protected areas
Darién
IUCN IINational Park
483.13 km² overlap
Darién
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
483.13 km² overlap
Darien National Park
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
433.81 km² overlap
Alto Darién
IUCN VProtective Forest
127.53 km² overlap
Darién
IUCN VINational Protective Forest Reserves
25.57 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
890 distinct species · 22 789 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 24 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 Chico : 16 espèces reliées par 30 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 10.9%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 8 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°
24,0°C
Annual rain
2 124mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,32
Runoff
1 791mm/an
PET
1 434mm
AET
1 274mm
Mean slope
11,0°
Water table
390cm
Forest
76%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
75%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)