HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080569020
Bassin de Gunnison 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 : Delta, Mesa
Sub-basin area
183,8km²
Upstream area
19 183,5km²
Discharge
87,31m³/s
Mean elev.
1 833m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Delta149.3 km²81.2% of basin
- 34.6 km²18.8% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Dominguez/Escalante
IUCN VNational Conservation Area
127.12 km² overlap
Dominguez Canyon
IUCN IbWilderness Area
69.26 km² overlap
Dominguez
IUCN IbWilderness Study Area
1.11 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
311 distinct species · 1 338 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 44 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 Gunnison River : 26 espèces reliées par 130 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 13.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 18 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°
9,4°C
Annual rain
308mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,74
Runoff
91mm/an
PET
1 200mm
AET
264mm
Mean slope
8,8°
Water table
736cm
Forest
21%
Crops
3%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)