HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080662570
Bassin de Río Cosapilla
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 across 2 countries : Pacajes, Parinacota
Sub-basin area
728,5km²
Upstream area
1 165,6km²
Discharge
0,64m³/s
Mean elev.
4 347m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Río Caquena240 km²
- Bassin de Río Caquena197 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 469.4 km²64.6% of basin
- 256.7 km²35.4% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
161 distinct species · 2 538 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 20 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 Cosapilla : 14 espèces reliées par 30 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 10.9%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 10 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°
4,5°C
Annual rain
335mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,70
Runoff
23mm/an
PET
1 137mm
AET
291mm
Mean slope
6,1°
Water table
808cm
Forest
1%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)