HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080788780
Bassin de Rio Chinipas
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 5 administrative regions : Alamos, Choix, Chínipas, Guazapares, Urique
Sub-basin area
1 580,9km²
Upstream area
6 394,1km²
Discharge
11,11m³/s
Mean elev.
1 037m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Rio Oteros1257 km²
- Bassin de Tepochique1059 km²
5 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1167.4 km²74.0% of basin
- GuazaparesChihuahua · México293.7 km²18.6% of basin
- 60.4 km²3.8% of basin
- 54.2 km²3.4% of basin
- 2.5 km²0.2% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Flora and Fauna Protection Area
28.26 km² overlap
Sierra de Álamos-Río Cuchujaqui
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
28.26 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
723 distinct species · 5 842 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 44 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 Rio Chinipas : 35 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 49 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 4.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 11 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°
20,6°C
Annual rain
818mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,54
Runoff
44mm/an
PET
1 790mm
AET
691mm
Mean slope
17,7°
Water table
767cm
Forest
97%
Crops
4%
Urban
0%
Protected
2%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)