HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080400430
Bassin de Salmon 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 2 administrative regions : Idaho, Lemhi
Sub-basin area
383,5km²
Upstream area
24 734km²
Discharge
171,9m³/s
Mean elev.
1 905m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Horse Creek367 km²
- Bassin de South Fork Kitchen Creek177 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- IdahoIdaho · United States383.2 km²99.7% of basin
- LemhiIdaho · United States1.2 km²0.3% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Wilderness
384.40 km² overlap
Salmon, Idaho
IUCN VWild and Scenic River
16.30 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
187 distinct species · 544 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 46 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 Salmon River : 35 espèces reliées par 102 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 9.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 13 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°
2,2°C
Annual rain
557mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,36
Runoff
338mm/an
PET
884mm
AET
471mm
Mean slope
19,6°
Water table
774cm
Forest
95%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)