HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080121770
Bassin de Río Cusiana
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 13 administrative regions : Aguazul, Aquitania, Chámeza, Labranzagrande, Maní +8
Sub-basin area
2 277,2km²
Upstream area
2 277,2km²
Discharge
139,3m³/s
Mean elev.
1 218m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
13 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 644.8 km²28.4% of basin
- 520.2 km²22.9% of basin
- 268.9 km²11.9% of basin
- 244.4 km²10.8% of basin
- 240.2 km²10.6% of basin
- 181.3 km²8.0% of basin
- 119.0 km²5.2% of basin
- 42.0 km²1.9% of basin
5 moreFull L2 list
- Labranzagrande4.0 km² · 0.2%
- Monterrey1.4 km² · 0.1%
- Páez0.4 km² · 0.0%
- Mongua0.3 km² · 0.0%
- Monguí0.3 km² · 0.0%
10 intersecting protected areas
Regional Natural Parks
221.57 km² overlap
El Tinije
IUCN VIIntegrated Management Regional Districts
124.85 km² overlap
Salto Candelas
IUCN VIIntegrated Management Regional Districts
41.99 km² overlap
San Miguel de los Farallones
IUCN IIRegional Natural Parks
31.05 km² overlap
El Bocachico
IUCN VIIntegrated Management Regional Districts
12.38 km² overlap
San Juan de Tinije
IUCN VICivil Society Nature Reserve
8.85 km² overlap
Laguna El Juncal
IUCN VICivil Society Nature Reserve
0.28 km² overlap
El Triunfo
IUCN VICivil Society Nature Reserve
0.16 km² overlap
Guacharacas del Cusiana
IUCN VICivil Society Nature Reserve
0.08 km² overlap
1 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Fauna Silvestre Capibara
IUCN VICivil Society Nature Reserve
0.07 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 962 distinct species · 132 610 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 40 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 Cusiana : 36 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 45 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 5.8%, 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°
21,3°C
Annual rain
2 791mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,41
Runoff
1 555mm/an
PET
1 508mm
AET
1 281mm
Mean slope
10,8°
Water table
352cm
Forest
18%
Crops
5%
Urban
1%
Protected
11%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)