HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080571760
Bassin de Grand View Ditch
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 3 administrative regions : Delta, Gunnison, Montrose
Sub-basin area
497,5km²
Upstream area
497,7km²
Discharge
2,15m³/s
Mean elev.
2 419m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Delta186.5 km²37.5% of basin
- 157.5 km²31.6% of basin
- 153.9 km²30.9% of basin
17 intersecting protected areas
West Elk
IUCN IbWilderness
64.46 km² overlap
Gunnison Gorge
IUCN VNational Conservation Area
25.77 km² overlap
Gunnison Gorge
IUCN IbWilderness Area
3.98 km² overlap
LeValley Ranch II Ltd A&R
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
3.47 km² overlap
McCloskey - Canyon Ranch
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
2.78 km² overlap
Camels Garden Partners
IUCN Not AssignedGarden
0.94 km² overlap
Clagett
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
0.63 km² overlap
Smith Fork Ranch (Dufon)
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
0.61 km² overlap
Smith, C.
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
0.43 km² overlap
8 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Jackson
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
0.37 km² overlap
Needle Rock
IUCN IbWilderness Study Area
0.33 km² overlap
XK Bar Ranch - Ejido LLC (Prendergast)
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
0.31 km² overlap
Grizzly T Gulch SHA
IUCN VConservation Easement
0.28 km² overlap
Haueisen
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
0.27 km² overlap
Ross
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
0.24 km² overlap
Black Canyon of the Gunnison
IUCN IINational Park
0.03 km² overlap
Kingfisher Trust
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
0.00 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
577 distinct species · 6 416 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 Grand View Ditch : 23 espèces reliées par 98 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 16.5%, 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°
4,4°C
Annual rain
419mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,58
Runoff
140mm/an
PET
1 042mm
AET
358mm
Mean slope
10,9°
Water table
488cm
Forest
73%
Crops
9%
Urban
0%
Protected
22%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)