HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080883150
Bassin de Río Las Cuevas
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 4 administrative regions across 2 countries : Calingasta, Las Heras, Los Andes, Luján de Cuyo
Sub-basin area
672,9km²
Upstream area
672,9km²
Discharge
4,06m³/s
Mean elev.
3 962m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 468.4 km²69.6% of basin
- 200.1 km²29.8% of basin
- 2.9 km²0.4% of basin
- Los AndesValparaíso · Chile1.2 km²0.2% of basin
6 intersecting protected areas
Cerro Aconcagua
IUCN IIProvincial Park
248.67 km² overlap
Volcán Tupungato
IUCN IIProvincial Park
50.12 km² overlap
Puente del Inca
IUCN IIINature Monument
5.49 km² overlap
Cordon del Plata
IUCN IIProvincial Park
0.60 km² overlap
Parque Andino Juncal
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
0.55 km² overlap
Manantiales
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve of Defense
0.36 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
363 distinct species · 7 213 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 43 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 Las Cuevas : 33 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 54 interactions GloBI sur 6 types (connectance 5.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 11 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°
-1,6°C
Annual rain
362mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,45
Runoff
186mm/an
PET
694mm
AET
319mm
Mean slope
25,9°
Water table
1 144cm
Forest
0%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
44%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)