HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080569840
Bassin de Elk 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 : Colusa, Yolo
Sub-basin area
1 412,4km²
Upstream area
3 951,5km²
Discharge
37,08m³/s
Mean elev.
87m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Glenn-Colusa Canal323 km²
- Bassin de Glenn-Colusa Canal237 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 842.3 km²59.6% of basin
- 571.2 km²40.4% of basin
7 intersecting protected areas
Reserve Program
20.03 km² overlap
Reserve Program
17.05 km² overlap
Colusa
IUCN IVNational Wildlife Refuge
16.60 km² overlap
North Central Valley
IUCN VWildlife Management Area
4.20 km² overlap
Ridge Cut
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
0.78 km² overlap
US-CA-147-28 Mitigation or Eco-Asset Project
IUCN Not AssignedMitigation
0.65 km² overlap
US-CA-147-27 Mitigation or Eco-Asset Project
IUCN Not AssignedMitigation
0.14 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 175 distinct species · 324 384 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 35 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 Elk Creek : 26 espèces reliées par 71 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 11.9%, 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°
15,9°C
Annual rain
488mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,66
Runoff
243mm/an
PET
1 456mm
AET
410mm
Mean slope
1,9°
Water table
111cm
Forest
39%
Crops
59%
Urban
0%
Protected
1%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)