HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080442790
Bassin de Malheur 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 : Baker, Grant, Harney
Sub-basin area
582,8km²
Upstream area
582,8km²
Discharge
1,96m³/s
Mean elev.
1 681m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Grant397.9 km²68.1% of basin
- 185.0 km²31.7% of basin
- Baker1.2 km²0.2% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Strawberry Mountain
IUCN IbWilderness
41.32 km² overlap
Malheur River-Bluebucket
IUCN IbWilderness Study Area
21.38 km² overlap
Malheur, Oregon
IUCN VWild and Scenic River
11.72 km² overlap
Malheur, Oregon
IUCN VWild and Scenic River
3.24 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
662 distinct species · 6 019 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 Malheur River : 26 espèces reliées par 102 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 11.8%, 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°
3,8°C
Annual rain
431mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,53
Runoff
107mm/an
PET
942mm
AET
368mm
Mean slope
7,8°
Water table
972cm
Forest
75%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
10%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)