HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080273270
Bassin de Río Machangara
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 8 administrative regions : Azogues, Biblián, Cañar, Cuenca, Déleg +3
Sub-basin area
1 624,4km²
Upstream area
2 504km²
Discharge
49,51m³/s
Mean elev.
3 163m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Río Tarqui469 km²
- Bassin de Río Yanuncay411 km²
8 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
5 intersecting protected areas
Machángara Tomebamba
IUCN IVWildlife Refuge
288.08 km² overlap
Parque Nacional Cajas
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
126.03 km² overlap
Cajas
IUCN IINational Park
126.03 km² overlap
Mazan
IUCN VIDecentralised Autonomous Protected Area
19.55 km² overlap
Curiquingue Gallocantana
IUCN VIDecentralised Autonomous Protected Area
12.23 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 521 distinct species · 84 535 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 35 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 Machangara : 24 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 48 interactions GloBI sur 6 types (connectance 7.6%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 12 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°
10,8°C
Annual rain
867mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,19
Runoff
650mm/an
PET
1 110mm
AET
724mm
Mean slope
13,8°
Water table
563cm
Forest
0%
Crops
13%
Urban
10%
Protected
76%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)