HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080621640
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 1 administrative regions : Coconino
Sub-basin area
20,4km²
Upstream area
284 386,1km²
Discharge
534,51m³/s
Mean elev.
1 442m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 20.4 km²100.0% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Grand Canyon National Park
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
5.73 km² overlap
Recommended Wilderness
5.73 km² overlap
Grand Canyon
IUCN IINational Park
2.30 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
248 distinct species · 826 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 47 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 : 31 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 108 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 10.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 16 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°
13,1°C
Annual rain
162mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,88
Runoff
46mm/an
PET
1 351mm
AET
139mm
Mean slope
10,4°
Water table
769cm
Forest
0%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
39%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)