HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080002940
Bassin de Río Sunzacuapa
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 13 administrative regions : Acajutla, Apaneca, Concepción de Ataco, Guaymango, Jujutla +8
Sub-basin area
694,3km²
Upstream area
694,3km²
Discharge
0,06m³/s
Mean elev.
328m
Administrative coverage
13 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- JujutlaAhuachapán · El Salvador187.6 km²27.1% of basin
- San Francisco MenéndezAhuachapán · El Salvador136.4 km²19.7% of basin
- AcajutlaSonsonate · El Salvador95.1 km²13.8% of basin
- GuaymangoAhuachapán · El Salvador93.3 km²13.5% of basin
- TacubaAhuachapán · El Salvador36.7 km²5.3% of basin
- Santo DomingoSonsonate · El Salvador31.7 km²4.6% of basin
- Concepción de AtacoAhuachapán · El Salvador30.3 km²4.4% of basin
- San Pedro PuxtlaAhuachapán · El Salvador20.9 km²3.0% of basin
5 moreFull L2 list
- Santa Catarina Masahuat19.7 km² · 2.9%
- Apaneca18.2 km² · 2.6%
- Sonsonate10.4 km² · 1.5%
- San Antonio del Monte2.3 km² · 0.3%
- Salcoatitán0.7 km² · 0.1%
6 intersecting protected areas
Complejo Barra de Santiago
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
65.93 km² overlap
Apaneca-Ilamatepec
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
37.92 km² overlap
El Imposible
IUCN IINational Park
6.03 km² overlap
Hoja de Sal
IUCN VTerrestrial Protected Landscape
0.88 km² overlap
Santa Rita
IUCN Not ReportedHabitat Management Area
0.73 km² overlap
Acaxual
IUCN Not ReportedNatural Protected Area
0.24 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 709 distinct species · 80 343 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 Río Sunzacuapa : 28 espèces + 1 bulle famille, 20 interactions GloBI documentées sur 3 types (connectance 4.9%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). Les 1 bulle regroupe 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°
25,2°C
Annual rain
1 820mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,09
Runoff
949mm/an
PET
1 643mm
AET
1 074mm
Mean slope
6,9°
Water table
154cm
Forest
53%
Crops
36%
Urban
11%
Protected
5%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)