HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080053000
Bassin de Swasey Branch
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.
Sub-basin area
866,5km²
Upstream area
866,6km²
Discharge
37,38m³/s
Mean elev.
264m
Administrative coverage
0 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
11 intersecting protected areas
Cockscomb Basin
IUCN IVWildlife Sanctuary
309.82 km² overlap
Maya Mountain
IUCN VIForest Reserve
155.57 km² overlap
Swasey Bladen
IUCN VIForest Reserve
59.81 km² overlap
Chiquibul
IUCN IINational Park
9.84 km² overlap
Victoria Peak
IUCN IIINatural Monument
7.62 km² overlap
Paynes Creek
IUCN IINational Park
6.25 km² overlap
Deep River
IUCN VIForest Reserve
4.86 km² overlap
Mango Creek 4
IUCN VIForest Reserve
3.71 km² overlap
Monkey Caye
IUCN VIForest Reserve
2.34 km² overlap
2 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Port Honduras
IUCN IVSpecially Protected Area (Cartagena Convention)
0.03 km² overlap
Port Honduras
IUCN IVMarine Reserve
0.03 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 552 distinct species · 33 896 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 24 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 Swasey Branch : 19 espèces reliées par 22 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 8.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 5 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
2 307mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,40
Runoff
1 313mm/an
PET
1 381mm
AET
1 252mm
Mean slope
7,7°
Water table
247cm
Forest
79%
Crops
3%
Urban
0%
Protected
65%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)