HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080574520
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 1 administrative regions : Grand
Sub-basin area
107,2km²
Upstream area
63 116,3km²
Discharge
263,32m³/s
Mean elev.
1 542m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Salt Wash477 km²
- Bassin de Castle Creek472 km²
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- GrandUtah · United States107.3 km²100.0% of basin
5 intersecting protected areas
Negro Bill Canyon
IUCN IbWilderness Study Area
30.16 km² overlap
Arches
IUCN IINational Park
21.56 km² overlap
Mill Creek Canyon
IUCN IbWilderness Study Area
0.94 km² overlap
Matheson Wetlands
IUCN VState Wildlife Area
0.25 km² overlap
Moab
IUCN VWetlands
0.02 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 156 distinct species · 21 194 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 40 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 : 27 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 103 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 12.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 15 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°
11,3°C
Annual rain
266mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,79
Runoff
52mm/an
PET
1 287mm
AET
228mm
Mean slope
10,8°
Water table
900cm
Forest
4%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
21%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)