HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080005790
Bassin de Canal de la Crique Fouillée
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 : Macouria (-Tonate), Matoury, Rémire-Montjoly
Sub-basin area
83,8km²
Upstream area
84,1km²
Discharge
5,43m³/s
Mean elev.
24m
Administrative coverage
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 59.0 km²70.7% of basin
- 16.6 km²19.9% of basin
- 0.4 km²0.5% of basin
7 intersecting protected areas
Le Mont Mahury
IUCN IVLand acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
1.98 km² overlap
Grand Matoury
IUCN IVBiotope Protection Order
0.83 km² overlap
Saline De Montjoly
IUCN IVLand acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
0.64 km² overlap
Rivages De Cayenne
IUCN IVLand acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
0.52 km² overlap
Mont Grand Matoury
IUCN IVNational Nature Reserve
0.39 km² overlap
Iles De Remire
IUCN IVLand acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
0.36 km² overlap
Habitation Vidal
IUCN IVLand acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
0.02 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 080 distinct species · 26 939 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 33 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 Canal de la Crique Fouillée : 27 espèces reliées par 27 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 4.5%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 8 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°
26,4°C
Annual rain
3 145mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,52
Runoff
2 036mm/an
PET
1 504mm
AET
1 359mm
Mean slope
2,9°
Water table
110cm
Forest
26%
Crops
3%
Urban
56%
Protected
5%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)