HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080573090
Bassin de Río Caracha
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 4 administrative regions : Huanca Sancos, Huaytara, Lucanas, Victor Fajardo
Sub-basin area
4 249,1km²
Upstream area
4 249,1km²
Discharge
51,36m³/s
Mean elev.
4 144m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 2657.4 km²62.8% of basin
- 1139.5 km²26.9% of basin
- 434.4 km²10.3% of basin
- HuaytaraHuancavelica · Peru2.1 km²0.0% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
115 distinct species · 466 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 15 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 Caracha : 11 espèces reliées par 12 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 11.4%, 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°
5,9°C
Annual rain
772mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,32
Runoff
387mm/an
PET
1 135mm
AET
640mm
Mean slope
9,7°
Water table
588cm
Forest
9%
Crops
3%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)