HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080635200
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 2 administrative regions : Clark, Mohave
Sub-basin area
593,8km²
Upstream area
419 449,7km²
Discharge
585,13m³/s
Mean elev.
625m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Detrital Wash1817 km²
- Bassin de Colorado River45 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Clark348.8 km²58.7% of basin
- 245.1 km²41.3% of basin
6 intersecting protected areas
Lake Mead
IUCN VNational Recreation Area
513.63 km² overlap
Pinto Valley
IUCN IbWilderness Area
139.62 km² overlap
Muddy Mountains
IUCN IbWilderness Area
43.76 km² overlap
Muddy Mountains
IUCN IbWilderness Area
14.36 km² overlap
Jimbilnan
IUCN IbWilderness Area
9.00 km² overlap
Mount Wilson
IUCN IbWilderness Area
6.65 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
558 distinct species · 4 573 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 49 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 : 34 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 109 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 8.9%, 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°
19,6°C
Annual rain
131mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,91
Runoff
10mm/an
PET
1 518mm
AET
110mm
Mean slope
8,9°
Water table
741cm
Forest
2%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
45%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)