HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080679500
Bassin de Río Lauca
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 : Parinacota, Sabaya, Sajama
Sub-basin area
476,2km²
Upstream area
2 677,1km²
Discharge
0m³/s
Mean elev.
4 206m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Río Paquisa441 km²
- Bassin de Quebrada Chano92 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 223.2 km²47.0% of basin
- 187.0 km²39.4% of basin
- 64.5 km²13.6% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Lauca (RB)
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
231.91 km² overlap
Las Vicuñas
IUCN Not ReportedNational Reserve
213.44 km² overlap
Lauca
IUCN Not ReportedNational Park
14.53 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
48 distinct species · 199 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 Lauca : 14 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 14 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 13.3%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 1 bulle taxonomique (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°
4,4°C
Annual rain
281mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,75
Runoff
4mm/an
PET
1 132mm
AET
246mm
Mean slope
6,8°
Water table
688cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
48%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)