HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080438250
Bassin de Thousand Springs 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 1 administrative regions : Custer
Sub-basin area
371,7km²
Upstream area
371,7km²
Discharge
2,39m³/s
Mean elev.
2 283m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- CusterIdaho · United States372.5 km²100.0% of basin
7 intersecting protected areas
Jim Mcclure-Jerry Peak
IUCN IbWilderness Area
13.79 km² overlap
Borah Peak
IUCN IbWilderness Study Area
7.76 km² overlap
Chilly Slough
IUCN VWildlife Habitat Area
3.57 km² overlap
Mahogany Creek
IUCN IaResearch Natural Area
1.18 km² overlap
Reserve
0.78 km² overlap
Merriam Lake Basin
IUCN IaResearch Natural Area
0.06 km² overlap
Jim Mcclure-Jerry Peak
IUCN IbWilderness
0.06 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
505 distinct species · 1 893 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 40 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 Thousand Springs Creek : 27 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 104 interactions GloBI sur 6 types (connectance 12.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 14 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°
1,6°C
Annual rain
349mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,58
Runoff
203mm/an
PET
868mm
AET
304mm
Mean slope
11,6°
Water table
362cm
Forest
36%
Crops
4%
Urban
0%
Protected
2%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)