HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080895720
Bassin de Estero Alhué
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 : Cachapoal, Maipo, Melipilla
Sub-basin area
1 405,2km²
Upstream area
1 405,2km²
Discharge
7,88m³/s
Mean elev.
608m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Melipilla836.5 km²59.5% of basin
- 566.5 km²40.3% of basin
- 1.8 km²0.1% of basin
5 intersecting protected areas
Roblería del Cobre de Loncha
IUCN Not ReportedNational Reserve
58.02 km² overlap
Palmas de Cocalán
IUCN Not ReportedNational Park
32.85 km² overlap
Nature Sanctuary
20.19 km² overlap
San Juan de Piche
IUCN Not ReportedNational Reserve
16.03 km² overlap
Cerro Poqui
IUCN Not ReportedNature Sanctuary
0.12 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
814 distinct species · 16 639 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 49 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 Estero Alhué : 35 espèces dont 3 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 66 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 5.6%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 14 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°
14,0°C
Annual rain
586mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,53
Runoff
179mm/an
PET
1 276mm
AET
469mm
Mean slope
15,1°
Water table
570cm
Forest
1%
Crops
17%
Urban
0%
Protected
9%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)