HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080607160
Bassin de San Joaquin 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 : Fresno, Madera
Sub-basin area
701,8km²
Upstream area
2 744,2km²
Discharge
26,21m³/s
Mean elev.
1 889m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 486.6 km²69.3% of basin
- 215.5 km²30.7% of basin
6 intersecting protected areas
Kaiser
IUCN IbWilderness
46.02 km² overlap
Ansel Adams
IUCN IbWilderness Area
43.72 km² overlap
Kinsman Flat
IUCN VWildlife Area
0.64 km² overlap
Yosemite
IUCN IbWilderness Area
0.11 km² overlap
Yosemite
IUCN IINational Park
0.05 km² overlap
Yosemite National Park
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
0.03 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 545 distinct species · 12 076 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 46 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 San Joaquin River : 29 espèces reliées par 128 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 12.4%, 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°
8,2°C
Annual rain
833mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,19
Runoff
377mm/an
PET
1 052mm
AET
567mm
Mean slope
13,3°
Water table
440cm
Forest
99%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
13%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)