HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080640260
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
359,5km²
Upstream area
424 241,9km²
Discharge
565,22m³/s
Mean elev.
601m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Las Vegas Wash729 km²
- Bassin de Colorado River594 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 194.2 km²54.0% of basin
- Clark165.3 km²46.0% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Lake Mead
IUCN VNational Recreation Area
302.37 km² overlap
Black Canyon
IUCN IbWilderness Area
50.78 km² overlap
Mount Wilson
IUCN IbWilderness Area
17.00 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
848 distinct species · 55 272 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 38 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 : 29 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 94 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 13.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 9 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°
19,7°C
Annual rain
125mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,92
Runoff
11mm/an
PET
1 518mm
AET
106mm
Mean slope
9,5°
Water table
714cm
Forest
3%
Crops
0%
Urban
2%
Protected
34%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)