HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080664630
Bassin de California Aqueduct East Branch
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 : Kern, Los Angeles
Sub-basin area
694,1km²
Upstream area
694,1km²
Discharge
2,94m³/s
Mean elev.
1 070m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 361.4 km²52.1% of basin
- 332.6 km²47.9% of basin
5 intersecting protected areas
Bi-Centennial
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
44.60 km² overlap
Tri-Centennial
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
29.08 km² overlap
Tmv-A
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
0.61 km² overlap
George R. Bones
IUCN VWildlife Sanctuary
0.40 km² overlap
Neenach
IUCN VWildlife Preserve
0.16 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 686 distinct species · 66 392 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 44 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 California Aqueduct East Branch : 31 espèces reliées par 114 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 12.1%, 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°
14,2°C
Annual rain
332mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,73
Runoff
131mm/an
PET
1 261mm
AET
283mm
Mean slope
5,4°
Water table
418cm
Forest
27%
Crops
6%
Urban
0%
Protected
11%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)