HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080712280
Bassin de Río Paraguay
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 : Corumbá, Fuerte Olimpo
Sub-basin area
255,7km²
Upstream area
525 393,8km²
Discharge
2 648,27m³/s
Mean elev.
84m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Río Paraguay209 km²
- Bassin de Río Paraguay4 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 137.8 km²54.1% of basin
- 117.1 km²45.9% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Reserva de la Biosfera del Chaco
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
24.02 km² overlap
Reserva de la Biosfera del Chaco
IUCN Not ReportedBiosphere Reserve-National & UNESCO-MAB
24.02 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
347 distinct species · 2 373 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 21 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 Paraguay : 20 espèces + 1 bulle famille, 14 interactions GloBI documentées sur 3 types (connectance 6.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). Les 1 bulle regroupe des espèces visuellement absorbées par famille (≥3 espèces visibles).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
25,9°C
Annual rain
939mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,48
Runoff
249mm/an
PET
1 793mm
AET
794mm
Mean slope
0,1°
Water table
8cm
Forest
81%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)