HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080010010
Bassin de Río San José
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 2 administrative regions : La Paz, Los Cabos
Sub-basin area
1 270,7km²
Upstream area
1 270,7km²
Discharge
3,92m³/s
Mean elev.
470m
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1266.6 km²99.9% of basin
- La Paz1.1 km²0.1% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Sistema Ripario de la Cuenca y Estero de San José del Cabo
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
1210.62 km² overlap
Sierra La Laguna
IUCN IaBiosphere Reserve
130.00 km² overlap
Sierra La Laguna
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
130.00 km² overlap
Estero San José del Cabo
IUCN Not ReportedEcological Conservation
3.32 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 603 distinct species · 170 410 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 34 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 San José : 21 espèces reliées par 65 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 11.6%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 13 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°
21,9°C
Annual rain
393mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,76
Runoff
68mm/an
PET
1 661mm
AET
331mm
Mean slope
9,7°
Water table
700cm
Forest
51%
Crops
0%
Urban
3%
Protected
11%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)