HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080527230
Bassin de Yampa 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 1 administrative regions : Moffat
Sub-basin area
926,4km²
Upstream area
21 302,6km²
Discharge
41,3m³/s
Mean elev.
2 087m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Yampa River615 km²
- Bassin de Little Snake River264 km²
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 927.5 km²100.0% of basin
8 intersecting protected areas
Dinosaur
IUCN VNational Monument
372.89 km² overlap
Dinosaur Proposed or Recom
IUCN IbRecommended Wilderness
343.05 km² overlap
Vale Of Tears
IUCN IbWilderness Study Area
28.45 km² overlap
Peterson Draw
IUCN IbWilderness Study Area
20.19 km² overlap
Ant Hills
IUCN IbWilderness Study Area
17.05 km² overlap
Dinosaur Proposed or Recom
IUCN IbRecommended Wilderness
9.80 km² overlap
Chew Winter Camp
IUCN IbWilderness Study Area
5.00 km² overlap
Willow Creek
IUCN IbWilderness Study Area
0.13 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 222 distinct species · 9 450 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 51 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 Yampa River : 31 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 120 interactions GloBI sur 6 types (connectance 8.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 22 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°
5,5°C
Annual rain
328mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,69
Runoff
64mm/an
PET
1 073mm
AET
284mm
Mean slope
10,0°
Water table
833cm
Forest
27%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
43%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)