HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080562920
Bassin de Bitter 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 2 administrative regions : Grand, Mesa
Sub-basin area
724,2km²
Upstream area
46 731,2km²
Discharge
213,37m³/s
Mean elev.
1 632m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Colorado River1185 km²
- Bassin de West Salt Creek1152 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- GrandUtah · United States426.8 km²58.9% of basin
- 298.0 km²41.1% of basin
5 intersecting protected areas
Mcinnis Canyons
IUCN VNational Conservation Area
254.20 km² overlap
Black Ridge Canyons
IUCN IbWilderness Area
162.61 km² overlap
Black Ridge Canyons West
IUCN IbWilderness Study Area
2.31 km² overlap
Black Ridge Canyon West
IUCN IbWilderness Study Area
0.21 km² overlap
Black Ridge Canyons West
IUCN IbWilderness Study Area
0.21 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
722 distinct species · 23 847 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 de Bitter Creek : 30 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 121 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 14.1%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 12 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°
9,9°C
Annual rain
271mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,78
Runoff
69mm/an
PET
1 232mm
AET
234mm
Mean slope
7,7°
Water table
969cm
Forest
16%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
34%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)