HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080884700
Bassin de Río Changuinola XII
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 : Bocas del Toro, Changuinola, Kankintú
Sub-basin area
120,9km²
Upstream area
814,4km²
Discharge
38,66m³/s
Mean elev.
539m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Río Estrellita354 km²
- Bassin de Río Changuinola XII340 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
2 intersecting protected areas
Palo Seco
IUCN VProtective Forest
120.43 km² overlap
Reserva de la Biósfera de La Amistad
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
2.17 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
293 distinct species · 751 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 39 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 Changuinola XII : 30 espèces reliées par 42 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 5.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 9 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°
23,6°C
Annual rain
3 118mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,52
Runoff
1 602mm/an
PET
1 504mm
AET
1 470mm
Mean slope
15,2°
Water table
509cm
Forest
79%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)