HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080013170
Bassin de Salinas River
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 : Monterey, San Benito
Sub-basin area
1 111,6km²
Upstream area
11 095,2km²
Discharge
65,93m³/s
Mean elev.
244m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
Outlet (drains to ocean / endorheic)
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Arroyo Seco773 km²
- Bassin de Salinas River151 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1103.6 km²99.3% of basin
- 8.3 km²0.7% of basin
9 intersecting protected areas
Fort Ord
IUCN VNational Monument
37.02 km² overlap
Tularcitos Oaks
IUCN VConservation Easement
11.00 km² overlap
Fort Ord
IUCN VNatural Reserve
2.60 km² overlap
Gabilan Range
IUCN VEasement
1.43 km² overlap
Salinas River
IUCN IVNational Wildlife Refuge
0.57 km² overlap
Marine Protected Area
0.57 km² overlap
Marks Ranch
IUCN VPrivate Conservation
0.57 km² overlap
Martin Dunes
IUCN VPrivate Conservation
0.09 km² overlap
Cypress Community Church
IUCN VConservation Easement
0.00 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 170 distinct species · 262 583 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 46 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 Salinas River : 35 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 105 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 10.1%, 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°
13,8°C
Annual rain
435mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,65
Runoff
221mm/an
PET
1 233mm
AET
369mm
Mean slope
7,2°
Water table
283cm
Forest
65%
Crops
42%
Urban
4%
Protected
3%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)