HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080800550
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 3 administrative regions across 2 countries : Alberdi, Formosa, Villa Oliva
Sub-basin area
388,9km²
Upstream area
973 368,6km²
Discharge
4 585,71m³/s
Mean elev.
62m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Río Paraguay695 km²
- Bassin de Riacho Pilagá569 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 283.5 km²73.0% of basin
- 56.7 km²14.6% of basin
- 48.0 km²12.4% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Laguna Oca del Rio Paraguay
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
17.40 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
341 distinct species · 3 387 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 36 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 : 32 espèces + 4 bulles famille, 32 interactions GloBI documentées sur 4 types (connectance 5.1%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). Les 4 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°
22,3°C
Annual rain
1 401mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,11
Runoff
217mm/an
PET
1 577mm
AET
1 186mm
Mean slope
0,3°
Water table
17cm
Forest
38%
Crops
3%
Urban
3%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)