HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080303660
Bassin de Río Puyango
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 : Puyango, Tumbes, Zapotillo
Sub-basin area
244,9km²
Upstream area
3 642,5km²
Discharge
46,23m³/s
Mean elev.
531m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Río Puyango1506 km²
- Bassin de Quebrada de Conventos312 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
3 intersecting protected areas
de Tumbes
IUCN VINational Reserve
77.17 km² overlap
Cerros de Amotape
IUCN IINational Park
74.78 km² overlap
Cazaderos
IUCN VIPrivate Protected Area
11.32 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
161 distinct species · 853 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 33 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 Puyango : 29 espèces reliées par 31 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 5.9%, 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°
23,6°C
Annual rain
845mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,51
Runoff
205mm/an
PET
1 744mm
AET
711mm
Mean slope
12,5°
Water table
642cm
Forest
44%
Crops
4%
Urban
0%
Protected
62%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)