HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080007180
Bassin de A. el Mezquite
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 : Angostura, Guasave, Salvador Alvarado, Sinaloa
Sub-basin area
1 080,4km²
Upstream area
1 080,8km²
Discharge
1,73m³/s
Mean elev.
61m
Administrative coverage
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 370.6 km²34.4% of basin
- 366.7 km²34.0% of basin
- Salvador AlvaradoSinaloa · México277.4 km²25.7% of basin
- 63.0 km²5.8% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Laguna Playa Colorada-Santa Marea La Reforma
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
17.27 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
343 distinct species · 690 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 39 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 A. el Mezquite : 28 espèces reliées par 78 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 9.1%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 14 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°
24,8°C
Annual rain
513mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,74
Runoff
49mm/an
PET
1 949mm
AET
432mm
Mean slope
0,8°
Water table
73cm
Forest
64%
Crops
67%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)