HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080080850
Bassin de Río Atescatempa
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 8 administrative regions across 2 countries : Asunción Mita, Atescatempa, Candelaria de la Frontera, Chalchuapa, Jerez +3
Sub-basin area
141,7km²
Upstream area
141,7km²
Discharge
3,12m³/s
Mean elev.
816m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
8 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- AtescatempaJutiapa · Guatemala80.5 km²57.0% of basin
- Asunción MitaJutiapa · Guatemala19.7 km²14.0% of basin
- YupiltepequeJutiapa · Guatemala15.8 km²11.2% of basin
- Candelaria de la FronteraSanta Ana · El Salvador12.8 km²9.1% of basin
- ChalchuapaSanta Ana · El Salvador7.6 km²5.4% of basin
- ZapotitlánJutiapa · Guatemala2.0 km²1.4% of basin
- Santiago de la FronteraSanta Ana · El Salvador1.9 km²1.4% of basin
- 0.9 km²0.7% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Volcán Chingo
IUCN IbPermanent closure zone
1.93 km² overlap
Volcán Las Víboras
IUCN IbPermanent closure zone
0.62 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
759 distinct species · 2 229 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 Atescatempa : 32 espèces + 2 bulles famille, 24 interactions GloBI documentées sur 4 types (connectance 4.3%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). Les 2 bulles regroupent des espèces visuellement absorbées par famille (≥3 espèces visibles).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
23,2°C
Annual rain
1 457mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,13
Runoff
701mm/an
PET
1 681mm
AET
1 042mm
Mean slope
9,0°
Water table
301cm
Forest
19%
Crops
61%
Urban
7%
Protected
16%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)