HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080727280
Bassin de American Canal Extension
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 5 administrative regions across 2 countries : Dona Ana, El Paso, Hudspeth, Juárez, Otero
Sub-basin area
1 369,9km²
Upstream area
1 369,9km²
Discharge
0,35m³/s
Mean elev.
1 289m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
5 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 712.1 km²52.0% of basin
- 404.9 km²29.6% of basin
- 157.4 km²11.5% of basin
- 93.4 km²6.8% of basin
- JuárezChihuahua · México1.1 km²0.1% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
National Monument
26.28 km² overlap
McKelligon Canyon
IUCN VNatural Area
0.49 km² overlap
North Open
IUCN VReserve
0.11 km² overlap
South Open
IUCN VReserve
0.03 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 643 distinct species · 140 121 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 35 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 American Canal Extension : 22 espèces reliées par 107 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 17.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 14 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°
16,5°C
Annual rain
237mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,85
Runoff
3mm/an
PET
1 559mm
AET
199mm
Mean slope
2,2°
Water table
420cm
Forest
0%
Crops
1%
Urban
11%
Protected
1%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)