HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080774150
Bassin de Rio Paraná
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 : Guaíra, Mundo Novo, Salto del Guairá
Sub-basin area
201,2km²
Upstream area
779 237,4km²
Discharge
9 580,83m³/s
Mean elev.
266m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Rio Paraná1875 km²
- Bassin de Rio Iguatemi1474 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 175.8 km²87.6% of basin
- 15.2 km²7.6% of basin
- 9.8 km²4.9% of basin
7 intersecting protected areas
Environmental Protection Area
110.98 km² overlap
Reserva de la Biosfera Itaipu
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
15.94 km² overlap
Park
12.62 km² overlap
Refugio Biológico Mbaracayú
IUCN IVNatural Reserve
11.51 km² overlap
Ilha Grande National Park
IUCN IIWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
11.43 km² overlap
Environmental Protection Area
8.47 km² overlap
Saltos del Guairá
IUCN IINational Park
1.55 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
739 distinct species · 2 280 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 33 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 Paraná : 28 espèces reliées par 36 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 6.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 6 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°
21,8°C
Annual rain
1 585mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,02
Runoff
413mm/an
PET
1 561mm
AET
1 330mm
Mean slope
1,8°
Water table
179cm
Forest
6%
Crops
7%
Urban
2%
Protected
61%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)