HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080008710
Bassin de Río Colorado
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 2 administrative regions : Mexicali, San Luis Río Colorado
Sub-basin area
141,7km²
Upstream area
620 437,5km²
Discharge
89,02m³/s
Mean elev.
2m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
Outlet (drains to ocean / endorheic)
▲ Receives from 4 basins
- Bassin de Río Colorado461 km²
- Bassin de Río Colorado224 km²
- Bassin · #7080073960159 km²
- Bassin · #70800737104 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 129.3 km²91.3% of basin
- 12.3 km²8.7% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Biosphere Reserve
141.61 km² overlap
Humedales del Delta del Río Colorado
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
141.61 km² overlap
Alto Golfo de California y El Pinacate
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
141.61 km² overlap
Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
141.61 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
156 distinct species · 942 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 37 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 Colorado : 27 espèces reliées par 87 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 12.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 11 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°
21,9°C
Annual rain
57mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,97
Runoff
17mm/an
PET
1 845mm
AET
45mm
Mean slope
0,0°
Water table
7cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)