HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080050580
Bassin de Arroyo el Giote
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 : Alvarado, Boca del Río, Tlalixcoyan
Sub-basin area
257,7km²
Upstream area
257,7km²
Discharge
1,31m³/s
Mean elev.
13m
Administrative coverage
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 191.5 km²74.5% of basin
- TlalixcoyanVeracruz · México1.3 km²0.5% of basin
- Boca del RíoVeracruz · México0.2 km²0.1% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Sistema Lagunar Alvarado
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
125.06 km² overlap
National Park
12.02 km² overlap
Sistema Arrecifal Veracruzano
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
12.00 km² overlap
Parque Nacional Sistema Arrecifal Veracruzano
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
11.71 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 298 distinct species · 129 597 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 Arroyo el Giote : 22 espèces reliées par 44 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 8.9%, 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°
26,1°C
Annual rain
1 573mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,04
Runoff
1 002mm/an
PET
1 509mm
AET
1 058mm
Mean slope
0,9°
Water table
72cm
Forest
77%
Crops
25%
Urban
5%
Protected
5%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)