HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080605660
Bassin de Bear 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 : Mariposa, Merced
Sub-basin area
2 208km²
Upstream area
2 208km²
Discharge
12,67m³/s
Mean elev.
200m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1346.7 km²61.0% of basin
- 862.3 km²39.0% of basin
14 intersecting protected areas
Grasslands Wildlife Management Area 17
IUCN Not AssignedWildlife Management Area
116.73 km² overlap
San Luis Nwr Complex
IUCN VEasement
29.56 km² overlap
Reserve
26.55 km² overlap
Easement
20.03 km² overlap
Grasslands
IUCN VWildlife Management Area
14.24 km² overlap
Merced Grasslands
IUCN VPrivate Conservation
12.71 km² overlap
Merced
IUCN IVNational Wildlife Refuge
9.31 km² overlap
Reserve Program
4.69 km² overlap
Deadman Creek Conservation B
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
2.77 km² overlap
5 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Furey Farm
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
2.47 km² overlap
Stockton Creek
IUCN VPreserve
1.85 km² overlap
Wildlife Management Area
1.85 km² overlap
Furey Ranch
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
1.55 km² overlap
Great Valley Conservation B
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
0.42 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 734 distinct species · 203 232 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 Bear Creek : 27 espèces reliées par 82 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 13.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 8 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°
16,0°C
Annual rain
426mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,71
Runoff
183mm/an
PET
1 462mm
AET
354mm
Mean slope
2,6°
Water table
162cm
Forest
25%
Crops
23%
Urban
4%
Protected
2%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)