HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080012990
Bassin de Pismo 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
143,8km²
Upstream area
143,8km²
Discharge
0,14m³/s
Mean elev.
169m
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 140.3 km²97.5% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Santa Lucia
IUCN IbWilderness
0.46 km² overlap
California Coastal
IUCN VNational Monument
0.01 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 135 distinct species · 100 513 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 Pismo Creek : 32 espèces reliées par 82 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 9.1%, 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°
14,3°C
Annual rain
539mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,56
Runoff
167mm/an
PET
1 231mm
AET
458mm
Mean slope
7,8°
Water table
449cm
Forest
44%
Crops
12%
Urban
12%
Protected
2%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)