HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080702120
Bassin de Gila 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 1 administrative regions : Maricopa
Sub-basin area
1 732,4km²
Upstream area
129 351,5km²
Discharge
88,75m³/s
Mean elev.
389m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Phillips Wash216 km²
- Bassin de Centennial Wash198 km²
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1731.6 km²100.0% of basin
7 intersecting protected areas
Sonoran Desert
IUCN VNational Monument
972.21 km² overlap
North Maricopa Mountains
IUCN IbWilderness Area
165.57 km² overlap
South Maricopa Mountains
IUCN IbWilderness Area
156.18 km² overlap
Woolsey Peak
IUCN IbWilderness Area
37.49 km² overlap
Gila River
IUCN VWaterfowl Management Area
1.88 km² overlap
Powers Butte
IUCN VWildlife Area
0.64 km² overlap
Arlington
IUCN VWildlife Area
0.10 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 240 distinct species · 60 432 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 Gila River : 27 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). 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°
21,6°C
Annual rain
180mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,90
Runoff
3mm/an
PET
1 764mm
AET
151mm
Mean slope
3,9°
Water table
787cm
Forest
0%
Crops
4%
Urban
0%
Protected
58%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)