HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080613480
Bassin de Wahweap 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 3 administrative regions : Coconino, Garfield, Kane
Sub-basin area
1 197,5km²
Upstream area
1 197,6km²
Discharge
1,02m³/s
Mean elev.
1 571m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- KaneUtah · United States1080.4 km²90.2% of basin
- 72.6 km²6.1% of basin
- GarfieldUtah · United States45.0 km²3.8% of basin
6 intersecting protected areas
National Monument
502.11 km² overlap
Wahweap
IUCN IbWilderness Study Area
406.74 km² overlap
Mud Spring Canyon
IUCN IbWilderness Study Area
69.48 km² overlap
Death Ridge
IUCN IbWilderness Study Area
5.56 km² overlap
Vermilion Cliffs
IUCN VNational Monument
1.47 km² overlap
State Wildlife Reserve/Management Area
1.07 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 327 distinct species · 19 681 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 39 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 Wahweap Creek : 25 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 88 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 11.9%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 14 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°
11,9°C
Annual rain
191mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,85
Runoff
27mm/an
PET
1 294mm
AET
164mm
Mean slope
6,4°
Water table
995cm
Forest
4%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
32%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)