HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080048690
Bassin de Cavasso 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 2 administrative regions : Aransas, Refugio
Sub-basin area
246,3km²
Upstream area
246,3km²
Discharge
0,37m³/s
Mean elev.
8m
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 129.0 km²52.5% of basin
- 104.7 km²42.6% of basin
6 intersecting protected areas
Marine Protected Area
29.87 km² overlap
Marine Protected Area
24.57 km² overlap
Aransas
IUCN IVNational Wildlife Refuge
24.56 km² overlap
Aransas Complex
IUCN VEasement
2.09 km² overlap
Goose Island State Park
IUCN IVMarine Protected Area
0.94 km² overlap
Aransas
IUCN Not AssignedNational Wildlife Refuge
0.01 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 576 distinct species · 523 245 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 35 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 Cavasso Creek : 25 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 58 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 9.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 10 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°
21,5°C
Annual rain
941mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,31
Runoff
225mm/an
PET
1 361mm
AET
796mm
Mean slope
0,0°
Water table
9cm
Forest
78%
Crops
6%
Urban
0%
Protected
12%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)