HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080074340
Bassin de South Twin 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 : Lander, Nye
Sub-basin area
3 408,4km²
Upstream area
3 408,6km²
Discharge
3,67m³/s
Mean elev.
2 064m
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1976.3 km²57.9% of basin
- 1434.9 km²42.1% of basin
6 intersecting protected areas
Arc Dome
IUCN IbWilderness
196.03 km² overlap
Alta Toquima
IUCN IbWilderness
74.95 km² overlap
Mount Jefferson
IUCN IaResearch Natural Area
11.89 km² overlap
Kingston Canyon
IUCN VWildlife Management Area
0.74 km² overlap
Bald Mountain Wash
IUCN IaResearch Natural Area
0.47 km² overlap
Wildlife Management Area
0.30 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 454 distinct species · 19 704 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 47 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 South Twin River : 33 espèces reliées par 110 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 10.2%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 14 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°
7,4°C
Annual rain
260mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,76
Runoff
48mm/an
PET
1 139mm
AET
227mm
Mean slope
8,3°
Water table
612cm
Forest
27%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
8%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)