HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080051020
Bassin de Río Palizada
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 : Carmen, Jonuta, Palizada
Sub-basin area
2 181,7km²
Upstream area
2 181,8km²
Discharge
72,18m³/s
Mean elev.
3m
Administrative coverage
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1470.7 km²67.6% of basin
- 615.5 km²28.3% of basin
- 3.1 km²0.1% of basin
6 intersecting protected areas
Laguna de Términos
IUCN VIFlora and Fauna Protection Area
1118.30 km² overlap
Área de Protección de Flora y Fauna Laguna de Términos
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
1118.30 km² overlap
Pantanos de Centla
IUCN IaBiosphere Reserve
23.98 km² overlap
Reserva de la Biosfera Pantanos de Centla
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
23.98 km² overlap
Pantanos de Centla
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
23.97 km² overlap
Voluntary Conservation Area
3.67 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 071 distinct species · 22 838 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 Palizada : 23 espèces reliées par 39 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 7.9%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 9 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°
26,6°C
Annual rain
1 673mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,01
Runoff
1 054mm/an
PET
1 678mm
AET
1 268mm
Mean slope
0,2°
Water table
8cm
Forest
49%
Crops
46%
Urban
0%
Protected
53%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)