HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080002340
Bassin de Estero Real
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 : El Viejo, Puerto Morazán, Somotillo
Sub-basin area
412,6km²
Upstream area
3 698,3km²
Discharge
104,46m³/s
Mean elev.
25m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
Outlet (drains to ocean / endorheic)
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Estero Real153 km²
- Bassin de Río Tonalá151 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 226.0 km²55.0% of basin
- Puerto MorazánChinandega · Nicaragua137.7 km²33.5% of basin
- 47.3 km²11.5% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Delta Estero Real
IUCN IVNature Reserve
325.97 km² overlap
Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
325.97 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
212 distinct species · 5 063 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 36 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 Real : 28 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 37 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 5.9%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 8 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°
27,8°C
Annual rain
1 791mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,05
Runoff
876mm/an
PET
1 890mm
AET
1 171mm
Mean slope
1,7°
Water table
67cm
Forest
64%
Crops
6%
Urban
0%
Protected
75%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)