HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080049160
Bassin · #7080049160
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 : Cameron, Willacy
Sub-basin area
135,3km²
Upstream area
135,3km²
Discharge
0m³/s
Mean elev.
8m
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 130.7 km²96.8% of basin
- Cameron0.1 km²0.1% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Marine Protected Area
4.16 km² overlap
Lower Rio Grande Valley
IUCN IVNational Wildlife Refuge
4.16 km² overlap
Marine Protected Area
1.10 km² overlap
Laguna Atascosa
IUCN IVNational Wildlife Refuge
1.10 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
309 distinct species · 4 280 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 33 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 · #7080049160 : 24 espèces reliées par 60 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 10.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 10 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°
22,6°C
Annual rain
674mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,51
Runoff
23mm/an
PET
1 391mm
AET
570mm
Mean slope
0,0°
Water table
8cm
Forest
5%
Crops
47%
Urban
0%
Protected
17%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)