HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080077880
Bassin · #7080077880
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 3 administrative regions across 2 countries : Ascensión, Dona Ana, Luna
Sub-basin area
718,2km²
Upstream area
718,2km²
Discharge
0,06m³/s
Mean elev.
1 267m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 367.5 km²51.2% of basin
- 249.3 km²34.7% of basin
- 100.8 km²14.1% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
National Monument
135.37 km² overlap
Potrillo Mountains
IUCN IbWilderness Area
123.11 km² overlap
West Potrillo Mountains
IUCN IbWilderness Study Area
16.54 km² overlap
Cinder Cone
IUCN IbWilderness Area
11.77 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
410 distinct species · 1 586 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 51 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 · #7080077880 : 35 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 104 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 8.2%, 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°
16,6°C
Annual rain
223mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,86
Runoff
6mm/an
PET
1 644mm
AET
187mm
Mean slope
1,3°
Water table
589cm
Forest
0%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)