HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080371080
Bassin de Cowlitz 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 3 administrative regions : Lewis, Pierce, Yakima
Sub-basin area
1 520km²
Upstream area
1 520,3km²
Discharge
86,07m³/s
Mean elev.
1 082m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Lewis1362.1 km²89.4% of basin
- Pierce156.7 km²10.3% of basin
- 5.1 km²0.3% of basin
6 intersecting protected areas
Mount Rainier
IUCN IINational Park
283.51 km² overlap
Mount Rainier
IUCN IbWilderness Area
274.51 km² overlap
Goat Rocks
IUCN IbWilderness
191.76 km² overlap
Tatoosh
IUCN IbWilderness
63.18 km² overlap
William O. Douglas
IUCN IbWilderness
58.67 km² overlap
Butter Creek
IUCN IaResearch Natural Area
11.19 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 039 distinct species · 81 582 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 44 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 Cowlitz River : 33 espèces reliées par 81 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 8.6%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 11 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°
5,7°C
Annual rain
2 126mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,63
Runoff
1 330mm/an
PET
756mm
AET
605mm
Mean slope
19,1°
Water table
675cm
Forest
94%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
39%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)