HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080872750
Bassin de Río Coco
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 across 2 countries : Puerto Lempira, Waspán
Sub-basin area
116km²
Upstream area
21 657,4km²
Discharge
563,15m³/s
Mean elev.
70m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Río Waspuk2360 km²
- Bassin de Río Coco631 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 59.1 km²51.1% of basin
- 56.5 km²48.9% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Reserva de Biosfera Bosawas
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
60.65 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
257 distinct species · 2 670 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 28 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 Coco : 23 espèces reliées par 31 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 7.6%, 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°
25,1°C
Annual rain
1 886mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,24
Runoff
1 609mm/an
PET
1 437mm
AET
1 272mm
Mean slope
1,2°
Water table
36cm
Forest
91%
Crops
3%
Urban
0%
Protected
96%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)