HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080881160
Bassin de Arroyo Uspallata
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 : Calingasta, Las Heras
Sub-basin area
1 883km²
Upstream area
1 883,4km²
Discharge
8,48m³/s
Mean elev.
2 928m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1836.3 km²97.6% of basin
- 45.6 km²2.4% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Uspallata
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve of Defense
1057.16 km² overlap
Manantiales
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve of Defense
14.10 km² overlap
Villavicencio
IUCN Not ReportedPrivate Reserve
9.18 km² overlap
Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
9.18 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
869 distinct species · 6 700 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 33 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 Arroyo Uspallata : 22 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 45 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 8.0%, 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°
5,1°C
Annual rain
228mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,74
Runoff
112mm/an
PET
975mm
AET
206mm
Mean slope
13,2°
Water table
796cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)