HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080849340
Bassin de Río Cochiguaz
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 : Calingasta, Elqui, Limarí
Sub-basin area
1 523,5km²
Upstream area
1 523,5km²
Discharge
1,88m³/s
Mean elev.
3 209m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1515.6 km²99.6% of basin
- 3.4 km²0.2% of basin
- 2.9 km²0.2% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Río Cochiguaz
IUCN Not ReportedNature Sanctuary
491.10 km² overlap
Estero Derecho
IUCN Not ReportedNature Sanctuary
310.19 km² overlap
Tres Cruces
IUCN Not ReportedNatural Monument
6.81 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
358 distinct species · 4 186 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 39 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 Cochiguaz : 30 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 36 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 4.9%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 9 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°
3,0°C
Annual rain
126mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,84
Runoff
39mm/an
PET
856mm
AET
128mm
Mean slope
25,2°
Water table
1 076cm
Forest
1%
Crops
3%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)