HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080560200
Bassin de Colorado 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 2 administrative regions : Garfield, Mesa
Sub-basin area
1 185km²
Upstream area
44 855,2km²
Discharge
207,41m³/s
Mean elev.
1 684m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Rough Canyon670 km²
- Bassin de Colorado River635 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1028.7 km²86.7% of basin
- Garfield157.4 km²13.3% of basin
8 intersecting protected areas
Mcinnis Canyons
IUCN VNational Conservation Area
124.53 km² overlap
Black Ridge Canyons
IUCN IbWilderness Area
83.43 km² overlap
Colorado
IUCN VNational Monument
82.76 km² overlap
Black Ridge Canyons
IUCN IbWilderness Study Area
3.17 km² overlap
Little Book Cliffs
IUCN IbWilderness Study Area
0.89 km² overlap
Snooks Bottom Acquisition
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
0.46 km² overlap
Kingsview River Bottom
IUCN VCity Natural Area
0.15 km² overlap
Data not available
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
0.04 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 225 distinct species · 436 226 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 Colorado River : 19 espèces reliées par 67 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 17.7%, 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°
9,7°C
Annual rain
293mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,75
Runoff
85mm/an
PET
1 215mm
AET
252mm
Mean slope
7,4°
Water table
796cm
Forest
33%
Crops
8%
Urban
5%
Protected
18%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)