HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080003010
Bassin de Zanjón La Danta
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 7 administrative regions across 2 countries : Chiquimulilla, Conguaco, Moyuta, Oratorio, Pasaco +2
Sub-basin area
555,6km²
Upstream area
555,6km²
Discharge
0,94m³/s
Mean elev.
251m
Administrative coverage
7 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 311.9 km²56.3% of basin
- 127.1 km²23.0% of basin
- 69.4 km²12.5% of basin
- 23.0 km²4.2% of basin
- 10.8 km²2.0% of basin
- 3.0 km²0.5% of basin
- San Francisco MenéndezAhuachapán · El Salvador0.7 km²0.1% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Volcán Moyuta
IUCN IbPermanent closure zone
2.61 km² overlap
Complejo Barra de Santiago
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
1.53 km² overlap
Hawaii
IUCN IIIMultiple Use Area
0.65 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
387 distinct species · 18 648 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 23 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 Zanjón La Danta : 20 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) + 3 bulles famille, 18 interactions GloBI documentées sur 2 types (connectance 7.1%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). Les 3 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°
26,3°C
Annual rain
1 732mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,06
Runoff
879mm/an
PET
1 618mm
AET
1 056mm
Mean slope
5,3°
Water table
142cm
Forest
36%
Crops
58%
Urban
2%
Protected
1%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)