HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080874650
Bassin de Río Platanar
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 8 administrative regions across 2 countries : Agua Blanca, Asunción Mita, Concepción Las Minas, Esquipulas, Ipala +3
Sub-basin area
821,1km²
Upstream area
821,1km²
Discharge
14,84m³/s
Mean elev.
822m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
8 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- MetapánSanta Ana · El Salvador276.9 km²33.9% of basin
- Agua BlancaJutiapa · Guatemala192.0 km²23.5% of basin
- Concepción Las MinasChiquimula · Guatemala181.4 km²22.2% of basin
- 75.2 km²9.2% of basin
- Asunción MitaJutiapa · Guatemala44.1 km²5.4% of basin
- QuezaltepequeChiquimula · Guatemala27.4 km²3.3% of basin
- Lago de GuijaSanta Ana · El Salvador19.1 km²2.3% of basin
- EsquipulasChiquimula · Guatemala1.9 km²0.2% of basin
7 intersecting protected areas
Trifinio-Fraternidad
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
304.30 km² overlap
Trifinio
IUCN VIBiosphere Reserve
109.80 km² overlap
Complejo Güija
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
66.69 km² overlap
Parque Nacional Montecristo
IUCN Not ReportedNational Park
14.87 km² overlap
National Park
14.20 km² overlap
Volcán y Laguna de Ipala
IUCN IIIMultiple Use Area
8.56 km² overlap
Montecristo Trifinio
IUCN IINational Park
0.00 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 957 distinct species · 33 710 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 36 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 Platanar : 36 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) + 0 bulles famille, 22 interactions GloBI documentées sur 4 types (connectance 3.5%, filtre Serrano α=0.2).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
23,0°C
Annual rain
1 239mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,23
Runoff
596mm/an
PET
1 614mm
AET
953mm
Mean slope
9,6°
Water table
352cm
Forest
7%
Crops
56%
Urban
3%
Protected
18%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)