HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080695300
Bassin de Coachella Canal
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 : Imperial, Riverside
Sub-basin area
2 017,9km²
Upstream area
5 875,4km²
Discharge
1,35m³/s
Mean elev.
235m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de East Highline Canal2874 km²
- Bassin de East Highline Canal982 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1471.1 km²72.9% of basin
- 545.9 km²27.1% of basin
7 intersecting protected areas
Orocopia Mountains
IUCN IbWilderness Area
59.67 km² overlap
Imperial
IUCN VWildlife Area
30.18 km² overlap
Sonny Bono Salton Sea
IUCN IVNational Wildlife Refuge
14.92 km² overlap
Preserve
8.28 km² overlap
Chuckwalla
IUCN VArea of Critical Environmental Concern
4.92 km² overlap
Montgomery Road Burrowing Owl
IUCN Not AssignedPreserve
0.37 km² overlap
Peterson Rose Burrowing Owl
IUCN Not AssignedPreserve
0.28 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 405 distinct species · 676 172 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 26 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 Coachella Canal : 16 espèces reliées par 58 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 17.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 10 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°
21,8°C
Annual rain
89mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,95
Runoff
9mm/an
PET
1 758mm
AET
73mm
Mean slope
2,8°
Water table
791cm
Forest
1%
Crops
13%
Urban
0%
Protected
14%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)