HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080855950
Bassin de Rio Chacamax
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 : Emiliano Zapata, La Libertad, Palenque, Salto de Agua, Tenosique
Sub-basin area
1 177km²
Upstream area
1 177,3km²
Discharge
52,82m³/s
Mean elev.
96m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
5 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 581.7 km²49.6% of basin
- 352.3 km²30.0% of basin
- 212.2 km²18.1% of basin
- 24.5 km²2.1% of basin
- 2.5 km²0.2% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Humedales La Libertad
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
40.78 km² overlap
Humedales La Libertad
IUCN Not ReportedEcological Conservation
40.78 km² overlap
Palenque
IUCN IINational Park
0.98 km² overlap
Chacamax
IUCN Not ReportedCity Park
0.01 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 121 distinct species · 21 734 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 25 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 Chacamax : 18 espèces reliées par 25 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 8.3%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 7 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°
26,4°C
Annual rain
2 314mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,24
Runoff
1 403mm/an
PET
1 746mm
AET
1 502mm
Mean slope
3,1°
Water table
147cm
Forest
15%
Crops
50%
Urban
1%
Protected
4%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)