HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080788850
Bassin de Arroyo Seco
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 2 administrative regions : Cuatro Ciénegas, Lamadrid
Sub-basin area
215,2km²
Upstream area
8 046,1km²
Discharge
8,6m³/s
Mean elev.
1 269m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #7080789310941 km²
- Bassin de Arroyo La Puerta Colorada188 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 147.2 km²68.5% of basin
- 67.7 km²31.5% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
C.A.D.N.R. 004 Don Martín
IUCN VINatural Resources Protection Area
186.81 km² overlap
Cuatrociénegas
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
28.27 km² overlap
Cuatrociénegas
IUCN VIFlora and Fauna Protection Area
28.04 km² overlap
Área de Protección de Flora y Fauna Cuatrociénegas
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
28.04 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
159 distinct species · 310 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 Arroyo Seco : 31 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 80 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 8.9%, 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°
18,9°C
Annual rain
314mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,80
Runoff
26mm/an
PET
1 593mm
AET
265mm
Mean slope
13,3°
Water table
725cm
Forest
0%
Crops
6%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)