HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080075270
Bassin de Darwin Wash
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 : Inyo
Sub-basin area
1 483,6km²
Upstream area
1 483,6km²
Discharge
0,43m³/s
Mean elev.
1 343m
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1483.9 km²100.0% of basin
6 intersecting protected areas
Death Valley
IUCN IINational Park
748.62 km² overlap
Death Valley
IUCN IbWilderness Area
700.46 km² overlap
Argus Range
IUCN IbWilderness Area
60.70 km² overlap
Malpais Mesa
IUCN IbWilderness Area
44.99 km² overlap
Darwin Falls
IUCN IbWilderness Area
35.78 km² overlap
Private Conservation
0.65 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 361 distinct species · 17 868 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 54 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 Darwin Wash : 39 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 120 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 8.1%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 16 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°
14,2°C
Annual rain
177mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,86
Runoff
31mm/an
PET
1 381mm
AET
152mm
Mean slope
8,5°
Water table
565cm
Forest
5%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
61%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)