HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080612950
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 3 administrative regions : Coconino, Kane, San Juan
Sub-basin area
852,9km²
Upstream area
275 447,5km²
Discharge
559,82m³/s
Mean elev.
1 392m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Last Chance Creek1203 km²
- Bassin de Colorado River1136 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- KaneUtah · United States666.2 km²78.1% of basin
- 146.3 km²17.1% of basin
- San JuanUtah · United States40.8 km²4.8% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
National Monument
136.83 km² overlap
Wahweap
IUCN IbWilderness Study Area
114.42 km² overlap
Burning Hills
IUCN IbWilderness Study Area
21.92 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
606 distinct species · 4 083 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 42 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 : 26 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 118 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 11.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 20 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°
13,5°C
Annual rain
135mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,90
Runoff
21mm/an
PET
1 333mm
AET
116mm
Mean slope
7,5°
Water table
949cm
Forest
2%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
31%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)