HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080003110
Bassin de Río Achiguate
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 : Iztapa, Masagua, San José
Sub-basin area
307,1km²
Upstream area
307,1km²
Discharge
6,5m³/s
Mean elev.
20m
Administrative coverage
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- San JoséEscuintla · Guatemala194.8 km²63.7% of basin
- 100.4 km²32.8% of basin
- 3.3 km²1.1% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Puerto Viejo
IUCN VPrivate Natural Reserve
0.25 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
833 distinct species · 17 021 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 31 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 Achiguate : 19 espèces reliées par 44 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 9.5%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 12 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°
27,6°C
Annual rain
1 465mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,15
Runoff
1 154mm/an
PET
1 730mm
AET
1 049mm
Mean slope
0,2°
Water table
4cm
Forest
62%
Crops
33%
Urban
9%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)