HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080878640
Bassin de Cacique Guaymallén
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 : Guaymallén, Las Heras, Lavalle
Sub-basin area
419,4km²
Upstream area
959,9km²
Discharge
1,4m³/s
Mean elev.
640m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #6080882030116 km²
- Bassin · #608088210041 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 257.6 km²61.5% of basin
- 160.9 km²38.4% of basin
- 0.7 km²0.2% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Lagunas de Guanacache, Desaguadero y del Bebedero
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
112.85 km² overlap
Villavicencio
IUCN Not ReportedPrivate Reserve
11.36 km² overlap
Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
11.36 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
188 distinct species · 875 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 38 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 Cacique Guaymallén : 29 espèces reliées par 48 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 5.9%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 12 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°
17,2°C
Annual rain
178mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,88
Runoff
17mm/an
PET
1 511mm
AET
150mm
Mean slope
0,4°
Water table
136cm
Forest
2%
Crops
3%
Urban
3%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)