HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080878700
Bassin de Río Yaosca
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 : El Cuá, Rancho Grande, Waslala
Sub-basin area
669,9km²
Upstream area
670km²
Discharge
21,42m³/s
Mean elev.
570m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 380.8 km²57.1% of basin
- Rancho GrandeMatagalpa · Nicaragua272.4 km²40.8% of basin
- 14.2 km²2.1% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Reserva de Biosfera Bosawas
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
376.04 km² overlap
Cerro Kuskawas
IUCN IVNature Reserve
7.04 km² overlap
Macizos de Peñas Blancas
IUCN IVNature Reserve
2.98 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
825 distinct species · 3 260 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 40 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 Yaosca : 32 espèces reliées par 43 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 5.5%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 8 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°
22,7°C
Annual rain
2 384mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,35
Runoff
1 009mm/an
PET
1 556mm
AET
1 345mm
Mean slope
10,9°
Water table
393cm
Forest
89%
Crops
5%
Urban
2%
Protected
58%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)