HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080632200
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 : Mohave
Sub-basin area
2 122,6km²
Upstream area
377 952,5km²
Discharge
552,03m³/s
Mean elev.
1 291m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Milkweek Canyon669 km²
- Bassin de Colorado River392 km²
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 2123.0 km²100.0% of basin
5 intersecting protected areas
Grand Canyon
IUCN IINational Park
734.40 km² overlap
Grand Canyon National Park
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
732.59 km² overlap
Recommended Wilderness
719.37 km² overlap
Lake Mead
IUCN VNational Recreation Area
543.89 km² overlap
Grand Canyon-Parashant
IUCN VNational Monument
359.82 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 321 distinct species · 20 310 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 37 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 : 27 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 92 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 11.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 13 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°
14,4°C
Annual rain
266mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,80
Runoff
11mm/an
PET
1 394mm
AET
221mm
Mean slope
12,7°
Water table
888cm
Forest
19%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
58%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)