HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080617470
Bassin de Rio 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 3 administrative regions : Caylloma, Lampa, San Román
Sub-basin area
713,1km²
Upstream area
713,1km²
Discharge
6,09m³/s
Mean elev.
4 560m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
1 intersecting protected areas
de Salinas y Aguada Blanca
IUCN VINational Reserve
22.19 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
86 distinct species · 1 202 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 17 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 Rio Colca : 12 espèces reliées par 17 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 9.9%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 7 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°
2,2°C
Annual rain
632mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,37
Runoff
284mm/an
PET
1 000mm
AET
536mm
Mean slope
5,9°
Water table
419cm
Forest
1%
Crops
6%
Urban
0%
Protected
40%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)