HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080726710
Bassin · #7080726710
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 3 administrative regions across 2 countries : Ascensión, Dona Ana, Luna
Sub-basin area
1 175,7km²
Upstream area
7 635,5km²
Discharge
6,48m³/s
Mean elev.
1 291m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #7080720150851 km²
- Bassin · #7080720140337 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 897.7 km²76.4% of basin
- 271.1 km²23.1% of basin
- 6.1 km²0.5% of basin
5 intersecting protected areas
National Monument
238.35 km² overlap
Potrillo Mountains
IUCN IbWilderness Area
89.06 km² overlap
Cinder Cone
IUCN IbWilderness Area
55.28 km² overlap
Whitethorn
IUCN IbWilderness Area
42.13 km² overlap
Florida Mountains
IUCN IbWilderness Study Area
39.66 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
974 distinct species · 3 863 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 43 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 · #7080726710 : 30 espèces reliées par 103 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 11.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 13 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°
16,0°C
Annual rain
232mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,86
Runoff
11mm/an
PET
1 617mm
AET
195mm
Mean slope
1,6°
Water table
365cm
Forest
0%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
3%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)