HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080012980
Bassin de Arroyo Grande Creek
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 1 administrative regions : San Luis Obispo
Sub-basin area
374,7km²
Upstream area
374,7km²
Discharge
2,43m³/s
Mean elev.
305m
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 374.7 km²100.0% of basin
5 intersecting protected areas
Santa Lucia
IUCN IbWilderness
66.69 km² overlap
Santa Lucia
IUCN IbWilderness Area
7.78 km² overlap
Conservation
IUCN Not AssignedEasement
3.99 km² overlap
Conservation
IUCN Not AssignedEasement
0.41 km² overlap
Black Butte
IUCN IaResearch Natural Area
0.07 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 731 distinct species · 76 023 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 43 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 Arroyo Grande Creek : 29 espèces reliées par 103 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 10.9%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 15 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°
14,1°C
Annual rain
524mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,60
Runoff
158mm/an
PET
1 295mm
AET
445mm
Mean slope
11,3°
Water table
549cm
Forest
73%
Crops
12%
Urban
4%
Protected
17%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)