HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080545480
Bassin de Cherry 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 10 administrative regions : Adams, Arapahoe, Clear Creek, Denver, Douglas +5
Sub-basin area
3 849,8km²
Upstream area
10 555,6km²
Discharge
12,52m³/s
Mean elev.
2 039m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
10 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Douglas1776.0 km²46.1% of basin
- Jefferson728.6 km²18.9% of basin
- 560.2 km²14.5% of basin
- 255.0 km²6.6% of basin
- 226.5 km²5.9% of basin
- El Paso122.7 km²3.2% of basin
- Elbert113.8 km²3.0% of basin
- Adams51.9 km²1.3% of basin
2 moreFull L2 list
- Park18.0 km² · 0.5%
- Teller0.8 km² · 0.0%
30 intersecting protected areas
Mount Evans
IUCN IbWilderness
99.49 km² overlap
Simon Craddock-Pratt / Lake Gulch / I-25 Corridor Legacy
IUCN Not AssignedCorridor
99.10 km² overlap
Cherokee Ranch
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
12.80 km² overlap
Mount Falcon
IUCN VPark
9.30 km² overlap
Matthews/Winters
IUCN VPark
5.82 km² overlap
Plains Conservation Cen
IUCN VLocal Conservation Area
4.79 km² overlap
Kassler
IUCN VNon-Governmental Lands
4.26 km² overlap
South Valley
IUCN VPark
4.05 km² overlap
P
IUCN VNon-Governmental Preserve
3.87 km² overlap
21 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Northern Spruce Mountain
IUCN VNational Land Trust Lands
3.70 km² overlap
Dakota Hogback
IUCN VNon-Governmental Lands
3.63 km² overlap
Plamer Divide Ranch
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
3.61 km² overlap
Dupont ConservEsmt
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
3.44 km² overlap
Pronghorn
IUCN VNatural Area
3.43 km² overlap
Mount Lindo
IUCN VLocal Conservation Area
3.37 km² overlap
Sharptail Ridge
IUCN VState Wildlife Area
2.98 km² overlap
Unknown
IUCN VPark
2.96 km² overlap
N. Willow Creek
IUCN VLocal Conservation Area
2.94 km² overlap
South Platte
IUCN VPark
2.73 km² overlap
Non-Governmental Lands
2.44 km² overlap
Sand Creek
IUCN VGreenway
2.29 km² overlap
Conduit No. 26
IUCN VNon-Governmental Lands
2.26 km² overlap
S. Willow Creek
IUCN VLocal Conservation Area
2.22 km² overlap
Kinney Property
IUCN VLocal Conservation Area
1.99 km² overlap
Duncan Ranch
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
1.89 km² overlap
Cherry Creek Spillway
IUCN VLocal Conservation Area
1.48 km² overlap
Mount Glennon
IUCN VLocal Conservation Area
1.42 km² overlap
Estate of Betty M. Legault
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
1.38 km² overlap
Quincy
IUCN VReservoir
1.18 km² overlap
Quincy
IUCN VCity Natural Area
1.16 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
10 903 distinct species · 6 156 152 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 28 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 Cherry Creek : 19 espèces reliées par 78 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 20.6%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 9 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°
7,4°C
Annual rain
446mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,58
Runoff
46mm/an
PET
1 097mm
AET
382mm
Mean slope
5,3°
Water table
583cm
Forest
42%
Crops
8%
Urban
28%
Protected
5%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)