HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080878120
Bassin de Río Yaoya
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 3 administrative regions : Prinzapolka, Rosita, Siuna
Sub-basin area
1 802,8km²
Upstream area
1 802,8km²
Discharge
82,41m³/s
Mean elev.
103m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 953.1 km²53.1% of basin
- 509.8 km²28.4% of basin
- 333.2 km²18.6% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Reserva de Biosfera Bosawas
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
886.98 km² overlap
Cerro Bana Cruz
IUCN IVNature Reserve
24.72 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 299 distinct species · 10 188 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 27 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 Yaoya : 20 espèces reliées par 30 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 8.5%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 7 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°
25,8°C
Annual rain
2 585mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,40
Runoff
1 428mm/an
PET
1 543mm
AET
1 381mm
Mean slope
3,2°
Water table
99cm
Forest
69%
Crops
6%
Urban
0%
Protected
50%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)