HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080883200
Bassin de Río Tupungato
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 : Cordillera, Los Andes, Luján de Cuyo, Tunuyán, Tupungato
Sub-basin area
1 766,2km²
Upstream area
1 766,2km²
Discharge
24,91m³/s
Mean elev.
4 079m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
5 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1676.3 km²95.0% of basin
- 61.8 km²3.5% of basin
- 22.3 km²1.3% of basin
- 4.2 km²0.2% of basin
- Los AndesValparaíso · Chile0.7 km²0.0% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Volcán Tupungato
IUCN IIProvincial Park
1596.45 km² overlap
Cordon del Plata
IUCN IIProvincial Park
128.73 km² overlap
Glaciares de Santiago
IUCN Not ReportedNational Park
4.03 km² overlap
Parque Andino Juncal
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
0.37 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
60 distinct species · 206 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 17 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 Tupungato : 16 espèces reliées par 14 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 10.3%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 1 bulle taxonomique (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°
-2,1°C
Annual rain
398mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,38
Runoff
311mm/an
PET
674mm
AET
346mm
Mean slope
26,7°
Water table
1 082cm
Forest
0%
Crops
3%
Urban
0%
Protected
90%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)