HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080453340
Bassin de Cottonwood 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 2 administrative regions : Johnson, Natrona
Sub-basin area
936,5km²
Upstream area
2 465,2km²
Discharge
2,57m³/s
Mean elev.
1 667m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 929.3 km²99.1% of basin
- Johnson8.9 km²0.9% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
179 distinct species · 423 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 37 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 Cottonwood Creek : 24 espèces reliées par 117 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 15.0%, 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°
6,6°C
Annual rain
316mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,70
Runoff
40mm/an
PET
1 052mm
AET
276mm
Mean slope
3,0°
Water table
765cm
Forest
4%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)