HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080579960
Bassin de Dolores 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 : Montrose, San Juan
Sub-basin area
739,6km²
Upstream area
5 603,9km²
Discharge
21,67m³/s
Mean elev.
2 066m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Dolores River817 km²
- Bassin de Coyote Wash470 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 505.3 km²68.3% of basin
- San JuanUtah · United States234.8 km²31.7% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Dolores River Canyon
IUCN IbWilderness Study Area
45.65 km² overlap
Mount Peale
IUCN IaResearch Natural Area
1.71 km² overlap
Hideout Mesa
IUCN IaResearch Natural Area
1.49 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 401 distinct species · 13 253 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 Dolores River : 25 espèces reliées par 89 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 14.1%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 11 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°
8,0°C
Annual rain
389mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,64
Runoff
86mm/an
PET
1 137mm
AET
332mm
Mean slope
9,0°
Water table
797cm
Forest
43%
Crops
5%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)