HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080382930
Bassin de Joseph Creek
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 : Asotin, Wallowa
Sub-basin area
1 420,9km²
Upstream area
1 420,9km²
Discharge
12,68m³/s
Mean elev.
1 273m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1379.5 km²96.9% of basin
- 44.8 km²3.1% of basin
5 intersecting protected areas
Zumwalt Prairie
IUCN VPrivate Conservation Land
35.03 km² overlap
Blue Mountains
IUCN VWildlife Area Complex
16.48 km² overlap
Joseph Creek, Oregon
IUCN VWild and Scenic River
10.53 km² overlap
Horse Pasture Ridge
IUCN IaResearch Natural Area
1.38 km² overlap
Vance Knoll
IUCN IaResearch Natural Area
0.77 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
956 distinct species · 12 052 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 43 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 Joseph Creek : 28 espèces reliées par 120 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 12.7%, 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°
5,3°C
Annual rain
541mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,42
Runoff
281mm/an
PET
934mm
AET
460mm
Mean slope
11,6°
Water table
492cm
Forest
59%
Crops
6%
Urban
0%
Protected
2%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)