HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080002430
Bassin · #7080002430
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 : Choluteca, Marcovia, San Lorenzo
Sub-basin area
180,9km²
Upstream area
181km²
Discharge
3,64m³/s
Mean elev.
109m
Administrative coverage
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 103.0 km²57.2% of basin
- 53.2 km²29.5% of basin
- 23.3 km²12.9% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
San Lorenzo
IUCN IVHabitat/Species Management Area
11.00 km² overlap
Sistema de Humedales de la Zona Sur de Honduras
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
11.00 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
219 distinct species · 2 241 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 33 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 · #7080002430 : 23 espèces reliées par 47 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 8.9%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 10 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°
27,5°C
Annual rain
1 890mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,02
Runoff
634mm/an
PET
1 930mm
AET
1 225mm
Mean slope
6,8°
Water table
323cm
Forest
20%
Crops
33%
Urban
0%
Protected
6%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)