HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080594120
Bassin de White Canyon
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 : Garfield, San Juan
Sub-basin area
791,3km²
Upstream area
791,3km²
Discharge
0,45m³/s
Mean elev.
1 811m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- San JuanUtah · United States791.4 km²100.0% of basin
- GarfieldUtah · United States0.4 km²0.0% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Cheese Box Canyon
IUCN IbWilderness Study Area
60.04 km² overlap
Natural Bridges
IUCN VNational Monument
30.49 km² overlap
National Monument
12.16 km² overlap
Bears Ears
IUCN VNational Monument
10.80 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
666 distinct species · 6 383 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 52 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 White Canyon : 35 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 127 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 9.6%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 17 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°
10,7°C
Annual rain
256mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,78
Runoff
17mm/an
PET
1 222mm
AET
220mm
Mean slope
8,4°
Water table
1 053cm
Forest
10%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
15%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)