HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080626220
Bassin de Muddy 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 : Clark, Lincoln
Sub-basin area
863,1km²
Upstream area
18 198,5km²
Discharge
14,14m³/s
Mean elev.
681m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Meadow Valley Wash1541 km²
- Bassin de Muddy River22 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Clark767.2 km²88.9% of basin
- Lincoln96.1 km²11.1% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Mormon Mountains
IUCN IbWilderness Area
129.60 km² overlap
Lake Mead
IUCN VNational Recreation Area
67.12 km² overlap
Overton
IUCN VWildlife Management Area
0.03 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 187 distinct species · 58 032 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 36 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 Muddy River : 26 espèces reliées par 80 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 12.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 10 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°
18,6°C
Annual rain
149mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,90
Runoff
12mm/an
PET
1 539mm
AET
126mm
Mean slope
4,7°
Water table
1 030cm
Forest
1%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
41%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)