HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080002270
Bassin de Zanjón El Guásimo
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 : Corinto, El Realejo, El Viejo, Somotillo
Sub-basin area
1 069,2km²
Upstream area
1 069,2km²
Discharge
1m³/s
Mean elev.
86m
Administrative coverage
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1002.0 km²94.1% of basin
- 7.1 km²0.7% of basin
- 3.1 km²0.3% of basin
- El RealejoChinandega · Nicaragua0.0 km²0.0% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Volcán Cosigüina
IUCN IVNature Reserve
134.15 km² overlap
Estero Padre Ramos
IUCN IVNature Reserve
111.43 km² overlap
Delta Estero Real
IUCN IVNature Reserve
100.51 km² overlap
Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
100.51 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
882 distinct species · 33 881 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 31 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 Zanjón El Guásimo : 23 espèces reliées par 37 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 7.5%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 9 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°
27,3°C
Annual rain
1 834mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,01
Runoff
749mm/an
PET
1 847mm
AET
1 157mm
Mean slope
3,7°
Water table
169cm
Forest
69%
Crops
13%
Urban
0%
Protected
36%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)