HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080729110
Bassin de Río Sonoyta
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 across 2 countries : General Plutarco Elías Calles, Pima, Puerto Peñasco
Sub-basin area
1 798km²
Upstream area
10 540,6km²
Discharge
10,11m³/s
Mean elev.
410m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Río Sonoyta992 km²
- Bassin de Río Sonoyta373 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1085.0 km²60.4% of basin
- 628.1 km²35.0% of basin
- 83.5 km²4.6% of basin
9 intersecting protected areas
El Pinacate and Gran Desierto de Altar Biosphere Reserve
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
656.13 km² overlap
Alto Golfo de California y El Pinacate
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
632.94 km² overlap
Biosphere Reserve
632.94 km² overlap
Organ Pipe Cactus
IUCN VNational Monument
568.74 km² overlap
Organ Pipe Cactus
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
530.21 km² overlap
Organ Pipe Cactus
IUCN IbWilderness Area
528.13 km² overlap
Cabeza Prieta
IUCN IbWilderness Area
42.01 km² overlap
Cabeza Prieta
IUCN IVNational Wildlife Refuge
41.99 km² overlap
Agua Dulce
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
0.47 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 606 distinct species · 78 889 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 40 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 Sonoyta : 30 espèces reliées par 114 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 13.2%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 12 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°
21,2°C
Annual rain
195mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,89
Runoff
14mm/an
PET
1 725mm
AET
163mm
Mean slope
2,7°
Water table
578cm
Forest
0%
Crops
3%
Urban
0%
Protected
69%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)