HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080611180
Bassin de Río Colca
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 2 administrative regions : Caylloma, Espinar
Sub-basin area
805,9km²
Upstream area
2 160,5km²
Discharge
21,63m³/s
Mean elev.
4 568m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Rio Colca713 km²
- Bassin de Río Osccollo Mayo642 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
61 distinct species · 119 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 10 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 Colca : 7 espèces reliées par 8 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 17.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 3 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°
2,6°C
Annual rain
711mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,30
Runoff
375mm/an
PET
1 030mm
AET
591mm
Mean slope
8,8°
Water table
475cm
Forest
3%
Crops
3%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)