HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080075160
Bassin · #7080075160
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 : Esmeralda, Inyo
Sub-basin area
1 539,9km²
Upstream area
1 539,9km²
Discharge
2,22m³/s
Mean elev.
1 599m
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1520.4 km²98.7% of basin
- 20.2 km²1.3% of basin
7 intersecting protected areas
Death Valley
IUCN IINational Park
990.83 km² overlap
Death Valley
IUCN IbWilderness Area
952.54 km² overlap
Piper Mountain
IUCN IbWilderness Area
243.56 km² overlap
Inyo Mountains
IUCN IbWilderness
61.82 km² overlap
Sylvania Mountains
IUCN IbWilderness Area
53.24 km² overlap
Pigeon Spring
IUCN IbWilderness Study Area
12.42 km² overlap
Whippoorwill Flat
IUCN IaResearch Natural Area
11.32 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 095 distinct species · 14 008 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 · #7080075160 : 30 espèces reliées par 112 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 9.9%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 18 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°
11,7°C
Annual rain
169mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,86
Runoff
59mm/an
PET
1 313mm
AET
146mm
Mean slope
10,5°
Water table
681cm
Forest
15%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
88%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)