HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080875940
Bassin de Río Sumpul
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 31 administrative regions across 2 countries : Arcatao, Chalatenango, Cololaca, Dulce Nombre de María, El Carrizal +26
Sub-basin area
980,5km²
Upstream area
980,5km²
Discharge
21,55m³/s
Mean elev.
965m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
31 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 204.0 km²20.9% of basin
- 173.0 km²17.7% of basin
- 83.4 km²8.5% of basin
- 50.7 km²5.2% of basin
- Ojos de AguaChalatenango · El Salvador42.4 km²4.3% of basin
- San MarcosOcotepeque · Honduras34.8 km²3.6% of basin
- San FernandoChalatenango · El Salvador34.6 km²3.5% of basin
- 31.8 km²3.3% of basin
23 moreFull L2 list
- Dulce Nombre de María29.4 km² · 3.0%
- San José Las Flores29.3 km² · 3.0%
- El Carrizal28.1 km² · 2.9%
- Nueva Trinidad25.3 km² · 2.6%
- San Isidro Labrador25.3 km² · 2.6%
- San Francisco Morazán22.1 km² · 2.3%
- Tambla19.9 km² · 2.0%
- Valladolid19.8 km² · 2.0%
- San Antonio de la Cruz18.7 km² · 1.9%
- Arcatao17.4 km² · 1.8%
- Las Vueltas16.9 km² · 1.7%
- Chalatenango14.6 km² · 1.5%
- San Sebastian12.9 km² · 1.3%
- La Palma12.1 km² · 1.2%
- San Francisco del Valle9.8 km² · 1.0%
- La Laguna9.2 km² · 0.9%
- Ocotepeque4.2 km² · 0.4%
- Nombre de Jesús2.7 km² · 0.3%
- Embalse Cerron Grande2.0 km² · 0.2%
- La Virtud1.0 km² · 0.1%
- Tomalá0.8 km² · 0.1%
- San José Cancasque0.7 km² · 0.1%
- San Antonio Los Ranchos0.0 km² · 0.0%
6 intersecting protected areas
Güisayote
IUCN VIBiological Reserve
33.57 km² overlap
Trifinio-Fraternidad
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
33.51 km² overlap
Volcán Pacayita
IUCN IaBiological Reserve
14.26 km² overlap
Trifinio Fraternidad
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
11.61 km² overlap
El Pital
IUCN Not ReportedPrivate Natural Protected Area
9.66 km² overlap
El Pital
IUCN IaBiological Reserve
0.17 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 156 distinct species · 27 073 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 15 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 Sumpul : 12 espèces + 3 bulles famille, 13 interactions GloBI documentées sur 2 types (connectance 12.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). Les 3 bulles regroupent des espèces visuellement absorbées par famille (≥3 espèces visibles).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
21,4°C
Annual rain
1 979mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,18
Runoff
699mm/an
PET
1 624mm
AET
1 162mm
Mean slope
15,6°
Water table
534cm
Forest
38%
Crops
39%
Urban
1%
Protected
5%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)