HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080673420
Bassin de Santa Clara 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 : Los Angeles, Ventura
Sub-basin area
1 752,6km²
Upstream area
1 752,6km²
Discharge
10,29m³/s
Mean elev.
820m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1691.8 km²96.5% of basin
- 60.5 km²3.5% of basin
7 intersecting protected areas
San Gabriel Mountains
IUCN VNational Monument
200.30 km² overlap
Magic Mountain
IUCN IbWilderness
48.10 km² overlap
Open Space
2.00 km² overlap
Saint Francis Dam
IUCN IIINational Monument
1.43 km² overlap
Arrastre Canyon
IUCN VPrivate Conservation
1.15 km² overlap
Middle Santa Clara River
IUCN VPrivate Conservation
1.13 km² overlap
Acton Wash
IUCN VWildlife Sanctuary
0.31 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
4 536 distinct species · 377 211 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 42 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 Santa Clara River : 32 espèces reliées par 93 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 10.3%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 11 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°
15,1°C
Annual rain
405mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,70
Runoff
163mm/an
PET
1 340mm
AET
343mm
Mean slope
11,4°
Water table
557cm
Forest
84%
Crops
1%
Urban
10%
Protected
4%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)