HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080790150
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 2 administrative regions across 2 countries : Pilcomayo, Villa Hayes
Sub-basin area
74,1km²
Upstream area
113 764,7km²
Discharge
227,39m³/s
Mean elev.
63m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Río Pilcomayo898 km²
- Bassin de Riacho Porteño307 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 42.2 km²57.1% of basin
- 31.8 km²42.9% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 495 distinct species · 95 458 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 28 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 : 27 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) + 1 bulle famille, 20 interactions GloBI documentées sur 3 types (connectance 5.3%, 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°
23,2°C
Annual rain
1 381mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,16
Runoff
248mm/an
PET
1 649mm
AET
1 169mm
Mean slope
0,1°
Water table
8cm
Forest
64%
Crops
4%
Urban
33%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)