HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080882040
Bassin de Quebrada Catarina
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 : Acoyapa, Altagracia, Lago de Nicaragua
Sub-basin area
1 079km²
Upstream area
4 602,1km²
Discharge
50,48m³/s
Mean elev.
51m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #7080881750612 km²
- Bassin de Estero El Monote112 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 818.7 km²76.2% of basin
- 220.8 km²20.5% of basin
- AltagraciaRivas · Nicaragua35.3 km²3.3% of basin
5 intersecting protected areas
Reserva de Biosfera Isla de Ometepe
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
124.97 km² overlap
Reserva de Biosfera Río San Juan Nicaragua
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
23.24 km² overlap
Volcán Maderas
IUCN IINational Park
9.39 km² overlap
Volcán Concepción
IUCN IVNature Reserve
7.88 km² overlap
Humedal Istiam Peña Inculca
IUCN IVWildlife Refuge
5.57 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 610 distinct species · 16 177 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 42 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 Quebrada Catarina : 35 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 40 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 4.6%, 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°
26,5°C
Annual rain
1 703mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,02
Runoff
293mm/an
PET
1 659mm
AET
1 156mm
Mean slope
1,0°
Water table
41cm
Forest
7%
Crops
29%
Urban
0%
Protected
3%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)