HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080868640
Bassin de Río Las Cañas
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 4 administrative regions : ?, El Estor, Gualán, Los Amates
Sub-basin area
428,8km²
Upstream area
429,1km²
Discharge
12,88m³/s
Mean elev.
320m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 328.4 km²76.9% of basin
- 55.6 km²13.0% of basin
- 31.7 km²7.4% of basin
- 11.6 km²2.7% of basin
14 intersecting protected areas
Sierra de las Minas
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
218.11 km² overlap
Bocas del Polochic
IUCN IIIWildlife Refuge
72.24 km² overlap
Refugio de Vida Silvestre Bocas del Polochic
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
40.90 km² overlap
La Palmilla
IUCN VPrivate Natural Reserve
9.17 km² overlap
Pataxte
IUCN VPrivate Natural Reserve
6.76 km² overlap
Chajmaik
IUCN VPrivate Natural Reserve
2.79 km² overlap
Chabiland Esquina
IUCN VPrivate Natural Reserve
2.17 km² overlap
Finca Pujol fraccion E
IUCN VPrivate Natural Reserve
0.93 km² overlap
El Pujol fraccion C
IUCN VPrivate Natural Reserve
0.90 km² overlap
5 more protected areassorted by overlap area
El Pujol Fracción B
IUCN VPrivate Natural Reserve
0.90 km² overlap
Río Zarco Chiquito
IUCN VPrivate Natural Reserve
0.63 km² overlap
Chabiland Cerro
IUCN VPrivate Natural Reserve
0.38 km² overlap
Los Hornos
IUCN VPrivate Natural Reserve
0.36 km² overlap
Selempin
IUCN VPrivate Natural Reserve
0.35 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
509 distinct species · 19 455 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 23 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 Las Cañas : 17 espèces reliées par 20 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 7.9%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 6 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°
25,5°C
Annual rain
2 317mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,31
Runoff
932mm/an
PET
1 589mm
AET
1 369mm
Mean slope
10,7°
Water table
344cm
Forest
55%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
74%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)