HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080787290
Bassin de Río Pilcomayo
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 : Pilagás, Pilcomayo, Villa Hayes
Sub-basin area
1 133,9km²
Upstream area
105 577,2km²
Discharge
195,35m³/s
Mean elev.
82m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #60807848701106 km²
- Bassin · #608078490096 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 684.6 km²60.5% of basin
- 256.9 km²22.7% of basin
- 190.0 km²16.8% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Parque Nacional Rio Pilcomayo
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
204.20 km² overlap
Río Pilcomayo
IUCN IINational Park
199.82 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
719 distinct species · 11 288 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 25 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 Pilcomayo : 23 espèces + 2 bulles famille, 22 interactions GloBI documentées sur 3 types (connectance 7.3%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). Les 2 bulles regroupent 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°
22,9°C
Annual rain
1 067mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,36
Runoff
151mm/an
PET
1 679mm
AET
903mm
Mean slope
0,2°
Water table
12cm
Forest
52%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
18%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)