HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080537080
Bassin · #7080537080
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 : Elko, White Pine
Sub-basin area
2 155,8km²
Upstream area
4 277,4km²
Discharge
16,18m³/s
Mean elev.
2 041m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Steptoe Creek1721 km²
- Bassin · #7080554570401 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 2075.1 km²96.2% of basin
- 82.9 km²3.8% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Goshute Canyon
IUCN IbWilderness Area
121.11 km² overlap
Becky Peak
IUCN IbWilderness Area
44.58 km² overlap
Bristlecone
IUCN IbWilderness Area
29.77 km² overlap
Goshute Canyon
IUCN IbWilderness Study Area
1.39 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
766 distinct species · 5 721 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 41 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 · #7080537080 : 27 espèces reliées par 133 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 14.1%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 17 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°
6,7°C
Annual rain
305mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,72
Runoff
104mm/an
PET
1 102mm
AET
265mm
Mean slope
6,9°
Water table
585cm
Forest
34%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)