HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080878890
Bassin de Río Sampile
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 : Choluteca, El Corpus, Marcovia, Namasigue, Santa Ana de Yusguare
Sub-basin area
643,4km²
Upstream area
643,4km²
Discharge
15,13m³/s
Mean elev.
124m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
5 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 337.1 km²52.6% of basin
- 143.2 km²22.3% of basin
- 85.2 km²13.3% of basin
- Santa Ana de YusguareCholuteca · Honduras73.9 km²11.5% of basin
- 1.0 km²0.2% of basin
5 intersecting protected areas
Sistema de Humedales de la Zona Sur de Honduras
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
69.18 km² overlap
El Jicarito
IUCN IVHabitat/Species Management Area
63.69 km² overlap
El Guanacaure
IUCN VIMultiple Use Area
13.93 km² overlap
San Bernardo
IUCN IVHabitat/Species Management Area
5.49 km² overlap
Taiza
IUCN Not ReportedPrivate Nature Reserve
1.42 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
657 distinct species · 56 316 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 Sampile : 26 espèces reliées par 49 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 7.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 10 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°
27,3°C
Annual rain
1 866mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,02
Runoff
742mm/an
PET
1 900mm
AET
1 226mm
Mean slope
4,2°
Water table
153cm
Forest
27%
Crops
33%
Urban
5%
Protected
13%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)