HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080828160
Bassin de Quebrada del Macho Muerto
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 5 administrative regions across 2 countries : Copiapó, General Lamadrid, Huasco, Iglesia, Vinchina
Sub-basin area
1 857,5km²
Upstream area
1 857,5km²
Discharge
0,39m³/s
Mean elev.
4 344m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
5 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1197.0 km²64.5% of basin
- 640.5 km²34.5% of basin
- 9.3 km²0.5% of basin
- 6.4 km²0.3% of basin
- 1.6 km²0.1% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
San Guillermo - Zona de amortiguamiento
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
1196.72 km² overlap
San Guillermo
IUCN IIProvincial Park
1196.72 km² overlap
Laguna Brava
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
650.21 km² overlap
Laguna Brava
IUCN IVProvincial Refuge
644.31 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
68 distinct species · 223 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 22 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 Quebrada del Macho Muerto : 19 espèces reliées par 22 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 9.5%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 3 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°
1,1°C
Annual rain
107mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,86
Runoff
6mm/an
PET
769mm
AET
117mm
Mean slope
11,6°
Water table
1 126cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
34%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)