HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080002710
Bassin de Cañon La Empalizada
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 : San Luis La Herradura, San Vicente, Tecoluca, Zacatecoluca
Sub-basin area
203km²
Upstream area
203km²
Discharge
0,12m³/s
Mean elev.
72m
Administrative coverage
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- TecolucaSan Vicente · El Salvador139.8 km²69.1% of basin
- 36.5 km²18.1% of basin
- San VicenteSan Vicente · El Salvador11.8 km²5.8% of basin
- 11.4 km²5.6% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Complejo Jaltepeque
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
93.80 km² overlap
Isla Tasajera
IUCN Not ReportedNatural Area
3.57 km² overlap
Xiriualtique-Jiquilisco
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
1.91 km² overlap
Complejo Bahía de Jiquilisco
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
1.21 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
353 distinct species · 7 538 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 29 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 Cañon La Empalizada : 27 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) + 2 bulles famille, 21 interactions GloBI documentées sur 2 types (connectance 5.2%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). Les 2 bulles regroupent des espèces visuellement absorbées par famille (≥3 espèces visibles).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
26,2°C
Annual rain
1 850mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,01
Runoff
871mm/an
PET
1 858mm
AET
1 160mm
Mean slope
1,1°
Water table
32cm
Forest
81%
Crops
32%
Urban
2%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)