HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080446480
Bassin de North Fork 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 4 administrative regions : Baker, Grant, Harney, Malheur
Sub-basin area
1 418,6km²
Upstream area
1 418,6km²
Discharge
4,72m³/s
Mean elev.
1 505m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 737.1 km²51.9% of basin
- Grant419.6 km²29.5% of basin
- Baker183.6 km²12.9% of basin
- 81.1 km²5.7% of basin
5 intersecting protected areas
Monument Rock
IUCN IbWilderness
52.10 km² overlap
Wild and Scenic River
31.17 km² overlap
Castle Rock
IUCN IbWilderness Study Area
24.91 km² overlap
Beaver Dam Creek
IUCN IbWilderness Study Area
4.28 km² overlap
Dugout Creek
IUCN IaResearch Natural Area
3.69 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
852 distinct species · 14 875 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 30 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 North Fork Malheur River : 19 espèces reliées par 101 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 23.2%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 11 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
388mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,60
Runoff
126mm/an
PET
1 004mm
AET
332mm
Mean slope
9,5°
Water table
951cm
Forest
35%
Crops
3%
Urban
0%
Protected
8%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)