HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080428160
Bassin de South Fork John Day 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 4 administrative regions : Crook, Grant, Harney, Wheeler
Sub-basin area
1 578,7km²
Upstream area
1 578,9km²
Discharge
2,62m³/s
Mean elev.
1 461m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Grant1460.2 km²92.3% of basin
- 78.6 km²5.0% of basin
- Wheeler41.2 km²2.6% of basin
- 1.9 km²0.1% of basin
5 intersecting protected areas
Phillip P. Schneider
IUCN VWildlife Area
123.61 km² overlap
Designated - Recreational
59.69 km² overlap
Black Canyon
IUCN IbWilderness
52.79 km² overlap
Aldrich Mountain
IUCN IbWilderness Study Area
35.25 km² overlap
Shaketable
IUCN IaResearch Natural Area
1.56 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
852 distinct species · 10 536 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 39 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 South Fork John Day River : 25 espèces reliées par 122 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 15.6%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 15 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°
5,5°C
Annual rain
377mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,62
Runoff
61mm/an
PET
1 001mm
AET
325mm
Mean slope
10,7°
Water table
1 069cm
Forest
59%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
6%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)