HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080103300
Bassin de Río Suárez
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 17 administrative regions : Arcabuco, Barbosa, Chitaraque, Chíquiza, Cómbita +12
Sub-basin area
755,9km²
Upstream area
4 433,4km²
Discharge
96,75m³/s
Mean elev.
2 325m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Río Suárez2473 km²
- Bassin de Río Moniquira1205 km²
17 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 164.0 km²21.8% of basin
- 101.3 km²13.5% of basin
- 92.3 km²12.3% of basin
- 77.9 km²10.4% of basin
- 76.7 km²10.2% of basin
- San José de PareBoyacá · Colombia74.7 km²9.9% of basin
- 47.4 km²6.3% of basin
- 45.1 km²6.0% of basin
9 moreFull L2 list
- Barbosa26.4 km² · 3.5%
- San Benito17.5 km² · 2.3%
- Chitaraque14.0 km² · 1.9%
- Güepsa13.3 km² · 1.8%
- Chíquiza1.8 km² · 0.2%
- Paipa0.1 km² · 0.0%
- Villa de Leyva0.0 km² · 0.0%
- Vélez0.0 km² · 0.0%
- Suaita0.0 km² · 0.0%
14 intersecting protected areas
Integrated Management Regional Districts
94.24 km² overlap
El Valle
IUCN IIRegional Natural Parks
24.41 km² overlap
Serranía el Peligro
IUCN IIRegional Natural Parks
23.92 km² overlap
Iguaque
IUCN IbFauna and Flora Sanctuary
11.27 km² overlap
Sierra el Peligro
IUCN VINational Protective Forest Reserves
0.75 km² overlap
Fiba
IUCN VICivil Society Nature Reserve
0.63 km² overlap
Faoa
IUCN VICivil Society Nature Reserve
0.59 km² overlap
Guaia Quyca - Paba Sua
IUCN VICivil Society Nature Reserve
0.32 km² overlap
Rogitama Biodiversidad
IUCN VICivil Society Nature Reserve
0.29 km² overlap
5 more protected areassorted by overlap area
El Motilón
IUCN VICivil Society Nature Reserve
0.21 km² overlap
Madremonte
IUCN VICivil Society Nature Reserve
0.18 km² overlap
Veronia
IUCN VICivil Society Nature Reserve
0.01 km² overlap
La Floresta
IUCN VICivil Society Nature Reserve
0.01 km² overlap
Nido De Robles
IUCN VICivil Society Nature Reserve
0.01 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 420 distinct species · 41 926 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 26 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 Suárez : 19 espèces reliées par 33 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 8.1%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 10 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°
15,4°C
Annual rain
1 902mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,27
Runoff
915mm/an
PET
1 326mm
AET
1 241mm
Mean slope
13,5°
Water table
520cm
Forest
35%
Crops
5%
Urban
0%
Protected
18%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)