HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080969620
Bassin de Río de Las Vueltas
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 across 2 countries : Capitán Prat, Lago Argentino, Última Esperanza
Sub-basin area
2 133,9km²
Upstream area
2 133,9km²
Discharge
23,22m³/s
Mean elev.
984m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1905.0 km²89.0% of basin
- 226.7 km²10.6% of basin
- 9.4 km²0.4% of basin
6 intersecting protected areas
Los Glaciares National Park
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
1142.51 km² overlap
Lago del Desierto
IUCN VIProvincial Reserve
500.95 km² overlap
Bernardo O'Higgins
IUCN Not ReportedNational Park
457.30 km² overlap
Los Glaciares
IUCN VINational Reserve
422.68 km² overlap
Los Glaciares
IUCN IINational Park
353.65 km² overlap
Piedra del Fraile
IUCN IbWilderness Nature Reserve
48.10 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
808 distinct species · 35 225 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 46 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 de Las Vueltas : 35 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 57 interactions GloBI sur 6 types (connectance 5.3%, 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°
4,3°C
Annual rain
834mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,21
Runoff
340mm/an
PET
627mm
AET
512mm
Mean slope
15,7°
Water table
487cm
Forest
12%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
38%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)