HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080970240
Bassin de Río Cangrejo
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 across 2 countries : Lago Argentino, Última Esperanza
Sub-basin area
2 431,2km²
Upstream area
5 875km²
Discharge
58,54m³/s
Mean elev.
674m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Río de Las Vueltas2134 km²
- Bassin · #60809696301310 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 2433.5 km²99.8% of basin
- 5.3 km²0.2% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Los Glaciares National Park
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
701.14 km² overlap
Los Glaciares
IUCN VINational Reserve
308.53 km² overlap
Los Glaciares
IUCN IINational Park
230.34 km² overlap
Bernardo O'Higgins
IUCN Not ReportedNational Park
10.43 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
188 distinct species · 1 295 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 37 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 Cangrejo : 26 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 53 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 6.8%, 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°
5,8°C
Annual rain
578mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,17
Runoff
246mm/an
PET
679mm
AET
426mm
Mean slope
8,8°
Water table
348cm
Forest
4%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
22%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)