HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080268010
Bassin de Río Putumayo
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 : Maynas, Puerto Arica, Tarapacá
Sub-basin area
3 491,4km²
Upstream area
86 794,6km²
Discharge
4 953,38m³/s
Mean elev.
106m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Río Pupuña2402 km²
- Bassin de Río Putumayo2248 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1554.9 km²44.7% of basin
- 1253.3 km²36.1% of basin
- 667.7 km²19.2% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Bajo Putumayo Yaguas
IUCN VICommunal Reserve
396.85 km² overlap
Río Puré
IUCN IINational Natural Park
29.01 km² overlap
Yaguas
IUCN IINational Park
0.70 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 496 distinct species · 4 421 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 14 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 Putumayo : 13 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 10 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 11.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 1 bulle taxonomique (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°
25,9°C
Annual rain
3 069mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,47
Runoff
2 099mm/an
PET
1 621mm
AET
1 621mm
Mean slope
0,8°
Water table
11cm
Forest
98%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
2%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)