HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080717480
Bassin de Black 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 : Culberson, Eddy
Sub-basin area
1 014km²
Upstream area
1 014km²
Discharge
0,41m³/s
Mean elev.
1 333m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 844.9 km²83.4% of basin
- 168.4 km²16.6% of basin
12 intersecting protected areas
Carlsbad Caverns National Park
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
169.15 km² overlap
Carlsbad Caverns
IUCN IINational Park
165.06 km² overlap
Carlsbad Caverns
IUCN IbWilderness Area
123.30 km² overlap
Cave Protection Area
87.32 km² overlap
Guadalupe Escarpment
IUCN IbWilderness Study Area
81.56 km² overlap
Guadalupe Mountains
IUCN IINational Park
59.04 km² overlap
Guadalupe Mountains
IUCN IbWilderness Area
52.63 km² overlap
Lonesome Ridge
IUCN IbWilderness Study Area
14.46 km² overlap
Mudgetts
IUCN IbWilderness Study Area
1.75 km² overlap
3 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Guadalupe Mountains
IUCN IbWilderness Area
1.45 km² overlap
Rattlesnake Springs Fee
IUCN VPrivate Conservation Land
0.06 km² overlap
Lonesome Ridge
IUCN IbWilderness Study Area
0.03 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 804 distinct species · 207 145 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 25 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 Black River : 16 espèces reliées par 55 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 18.3%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 9 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°
15,9°C
Annual rain
290mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,80
Runoff
17mm/an
PET
1 471mm
AET
245mm
Mean slope
5,8°
Water table
739cm
Forest
10%
Crops
9%
Urban
0%
Protected
24%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)