HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080628910
Bassin de Rio Pueblo de Taos
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 : Colfax, Mora, Taos
Sub-basin area
1 085,1km²
Upstream area
1 085,4km²
Discharge
0,82m³/s
Mean elev.
2 654m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1082.2 km²99.7% of basin
- Colfax3.1 km²0.3% of basin
- 0.1 km²0.0% of basin
6 intersecting protected areas
Wheeler Peak
IUCN IbWilderness
3.87 km² overlap
Río Grande Del Norte
IUCN VNational Monument
3.43 km² overlap
Attiyeh
IUCN VConservation Easement
0.14 km² overlap
Attiyeh 4
IUCN VConservation Easement
0.05 km² overlap
Attiyeh 3
IUCN VConservation Easement
0.03 km² overlap
Attiyeh PDR
IUCN VConservation Easement
0.01 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 933 distinct species · 145 077 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 Rio Pueblo de Taos : 26 espèces reliées par 84 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 13.3%, 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°
4,8°C
Annual rain
506mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,49
Runoff
27mm/an
PET
1 037mm
AET
431mm
Mean slope
11,6°
Water table
765cm
Forest
84%
Crops
3%
Urban
1%
Protected
4%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)