HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080876230
Bassin de Río Kukalaya
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 5 administrative regions : Bonanza, Prinzapolka, Puerto Cabezas, Rosita, Waspán
Sub-basin area
3 119,2km²
Upstream area
3 119,2km²
Discharge
146,72m³/s
Mean elev.
67m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
5 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1616.8 km²52.0% of basin
- 1081.5 km²34.8% of basin
- 199.5 km²6.4% of basin
- 184.4 km²5.9% of basin
- 2.3 km²0.1% of basin
6 intersecting protected areas
Marine Biological Reserve
422.43 km² overlap
Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
422.42 km² overlap
Reserva de Biosfera Bosawas
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
184.54 km² overlap
Kligna
IUCN IVNature Reserve
42.33 km² overlap
Yulu
IUCN IVNature Reserve
34.98 km² overlap
Cerro Cola Blanca
IUCN IVNature Reserve
28.21 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
459 distinct species · 8 863 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 16 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 Kukalaya : 12 espèces reliées par 16 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 11.8%, 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°
25,4°C
Annual rain
2 845mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,50
Runoff
1 497mm/an
PET
1 409mm
AET
1 306mm
Mean slope
1,9°
Water table
54cm
Forest
74%
Crops
3%
Urban
0%
Protected
22%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)