HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080266240
Bassin de Río Pastaza
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 : Alto Amazonas, Pastaza, Taisha
Sub-basin area
798km²
Upstream area
18 466km²
Discharge
1 020,44m³/s
Mean elev.
306m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Río Capahuari1772 km²
- Bassin de Río Pastaza1043 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 700.1 km²88.1% of basin
- Taisha76.1 km²9.6% of basin
- Alto AmazonasLoreto · Peru18.4 km²2.3% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 262 distinct species · 8 180 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 30 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 Pastaza : 24 espèces reliées par 32 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 6.1%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 9 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°
25,2°C
Annual rain
2 973mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,44
Runoff
2 391mm/an
PET
1 676mm
AET
1 676mm
Mean slope
3,0°
Water table
67cm
Forest
95%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)