HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080873570
Bassin de Riachuelo Quintanilla
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 Progreso, Jutiapa, Monjas, Santa Catarina Mita
Sub-basin area
181,4km²
Upstream area
181,5km²
Discharge
3,35m³/s
Mean elev.
1 204m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 67.5 km²37.3% of basin
- El ProgresoJutiapa · Guatemala50.3 km²27.9% of basin
- 46.3 km²25.6% of basin
- Santa Catarina MitaJutiapa · Guatemala16.6 km²9.2% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Volcán Tahual
IUCN IbPermanent closure zone
8.49 km² overlap
Volcán de Suchitán
IUCN IVRegional Park and Natural Recreational Area
1.11 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
76 distinct species · 119 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 37 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 Riachuelo Quintanilla : 32 espèces reliées par 41 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 6.2%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 5 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°
21,3°C
Annual rain
1 344mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,12
Runoff
592mm/an
PET
1 536mm
AET
972mm
Mean slope
8,5°
Water table
301cm
Forest
6%
Crops
73%
Urban
3%
Protected
17%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)