HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080002440
Bassin de Río El Guayabo
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 5 administrative regions : Amapala, Choluteca, Nacaome, Pespire, San Lorenzo
Sub-basin area
393,2km²
Upstream area
393,2km²
Discharge
1,02m³/s
Mean elev.
56m
Administrative coverage
5 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 142.2 km²36.3% of basin
- 115.3 km²29.4% of basin
- 92.0 km²23.5% of basin
- 2.6 km²0.7% of basin
- 1.4 km²0.4% of basin
5 intersecting protected areas
Sistema de Humedales de la Zona Sur de Honduras
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
144.22 km² overlap
Bahía de Chismuyo
IUCN IVHabitat/Species Management Area
94.78 km² overlap
San Lorenzo
IUCN IVHabitat/Species Management Area
49.44 km² overlap
Marine National Park
20.59 km² overlap
Isla del Tigre
IUCN VIMultiple Use Area
5.89 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
424 distinct species · 24 152 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 35 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 El Guayabo : 25 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 45 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 7.6%, 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°
28,0°C
Annual rain
1 686mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,13
Runoff
641mm/an
PET
1 929mm
AET
1 179mm
Mean slope
4,2°
Water table
180cm
Forest
63%
Crops
24%
Urban
3%
Protected
44%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)