HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080558340
Bassin de Carson 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 5 administrative regions : Carson City, Douglas, Lyon, Storey, Washoe
Sub-basin area
1 481km²
Upstream area
3 386,1km²
Discharge
19,41m³/s
Mean elev.
1 661m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
5 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Lyon607.8 km²41.0% of basin
- Douglas360.8 km²24.3% of basin
- 344.7 km²23.3% of basin
- 162.3 km²10.9% of basin
- 6.7 km²0.4% of basin
6 intersecting protected areas
Conservation Easement
4.79 km² overlap
Carson River Megasite
IUCN VEasement
4.41 km² overlap
Clear Creek
IUCN VEasement
3.45 km² overlap
Private Conservation Land
3.20 km² overlap
Sturgis Ranch
IUCN VConservation Easement
0.16 km² overlap
Open Space
IUCN VOpen Space
0.06 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 379 distinct species · 240 322 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 34 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 Carson River : 27 espèces reliées par 76 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 13.5%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 7 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°
9,0°C
Annual rain
278mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,76
Runoff
195mm/an
PET
1 226mm
AET
234mm
Mean slope
8,5°
Water table
519cm
Forest
45%
Crops
5%
Urban
5%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)