HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080175000
Bassin de Río Guayas
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 : El Doncello, El Paujíl, Puerto Rico
Sub-basin area
606,9km²
Upstream area
2 908,2km²
Discharge
138,1m³/s
Mean elev.
607m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Río Guayas1524 km²
- Bassin de Quebrada Méndez777 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 475.2 km²78.6% of basin
- 93.9 km²15.5% of basin
- 35.1 km²5.8% of basin
7 intersecting protected areas
Distrito de Conservación de Suelos y Aguas del Caquetá
IUCN Not ApplicableConservation District
175.76 km² overlap
El Paraíso
IUCN VICivil Society Nature Reserve
1.98 km² overlap
Las Vegas
IUCN VICivil Society Nature Reserve
1.58 km² overlap
La Estrella
IUCN VICivil Society Nature Reserve
0.61 km² overlap
El Playón y Buenos Aires
IUCN VICivil Society Nature Reserve
0.49 km² overlap
Arcasim
IUCN VICivil Society Nature Reserve
0.34 km² overlap
Colina De Montefrío
IUCN VICivil Society Nature Reserve
0.27 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
548 distinct species · 3 211 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 38 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 Guayas : 31 espèces reliées par 38 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 5.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 7 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°
24,2°C
Annual rain
2 762mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,39
Runoff
1 964mm/an
PET
1 621mm
AET
1 559mm
Mean slope
11,2°
Water table
300cm
Forest
14%
Crops
0%
Urban
1%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)