HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080521430
Bassin de South Fork Humboldt 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 : Elko, Eureka, White Pine
Sub-basin area
3 346,8km²
Upstream area
3 346,8km²
Discharge
7,61m³/s
Mean elev.
1 925m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 2852.7 km²85.1% of basin
- 496.7 km²14.8% of basin
- 1.2 km²0.0% of basin
5 intersecting protected areas
Ruby Mountains
IUCN IbWilderness
146.01 km² overlap
Cedar Ridge
IUCN IbWilderness Study Area
38.27 km² overlap
Red Spring
IUCN IbWilderness Study Area
30.66 km² overlap
Pearl Peak
IUCN IaResearch Natural Area
2.69 km² overlap
Seitz Canyon/Echo Lake
IUCN IaResearch Natural Area
1.94 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 483 distinct species · 57 154 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 31 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 Humboldt River : 23 espèces reliées par 68 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 14.6%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 8 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°
7,1°C
Annual rain
356mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,67
Runoff
102mm/an
PET
1 101mm
AET
307mm
Mean slope
6,4°
Water table
887cm
Forest
12%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
4%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)