HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080666270
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 : Mohave, San Bernardino
Sub-basin area
1 248,1km²
Upstream area
431 245,5km²
Discharge
508,27m³/s
Mean elev.
413m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Colorado River2600 km²
- Bassin de Colorado River578 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 751.3 km²60.2% of basin
- 496.7 km²39.8% of basin
6 intersecting protected areas
Mojave Trails
IUCN VNational Monument
214.96 km² overlap
Warm Springs
IUCN IbWilderness Area
183.66 km² overlap
Chemehuevi Mountains
IUCN IbWilderness Area
63.99 km² overlap
Havasu
IUCN IVNational Wildlife Refuge
51.09 km² overlap
Topock Marsh
IUCN VWaterfowl
1.31 km² overlap
Dead Mountains
IUCN IbWilderness Area
1.00 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 163 distinct species · 73 094 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 : 32 espèces reliées par 73 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 10.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 6 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°
21,4°C
Annual rain
133mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,92
Runoff
13mm/an
PET
1 619mm
AET
111mm
Mean slope
4,4°
Water table
796cm
Forest
2%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
28%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)