HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080014690
Bassin de Nestucca 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 4 administrative regions : Lincoln, Polk, Tillamook, Yamhill
Sub-basin area
1 248,3km²
Upstream area
1 248,3km²
Discharge
2,62m³/s
Mean elev.
298m
Administrative coverage
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 899.9 km²71.9% of basin
- Lincoln207.4 km²16.6% of basin
- 109.5 km²8.7% of basin
- Polk8.8 km²0.7% of basin
24 intersecting protected areas
Nestucca River, Oregon
IUCN VWild and Scenic River
17.22 km² overlap
National Wildlife Refuge
15.20 km² overlap
Nestucca Bay
IUCN IVNational Wildlife Refuge
4.85 km² overlap
Marine Protected Area
4.85 km² overlap
Neskowin Crest
IUCN IaResearch Natural Area
4.73 km² overlap
Cape Lookout
IUCN VState Natural Area
2.15 km² overlap
Reneke Creek
IUCN IaResearch Natural Area
1.59 km² overlap
Netarts Spit State
IUCN VNatural Area Reserve
1.56 km² overlap
Marine Protected Area
1.26 km² overlap
15 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Cascade Head
IUCN VPrivate Conservation Land
1.25 km² overlap
Cape Kiwanda
IUCN VState Natural Area
1.11 km² overlap
Cape Meares State
IUCN VNatural Area Reserve
0.94 km² overlap
Sand Lake
IUCN IaResearch Natural Area
0.85 km² overlap
Clay Myers
IUCN VState Natural Area
0.74 km² overlap
Cascade Head Marine Reserve
IUCN IaMarine Protected Area
0.63 km² overlap
National Wildlife Refuge
0.62 km² overlap
Cape Meares
IUCN IVNational Wildlife Refuge
0.58 km² overlap
National Wildlife Refuge
0.49 km² overlap
Whalen Island
IUCN VState Natural Area
0.39 km² overlap
Walker Creek, Oregon
IUCN VWild and Scenic River
0.33 km² overlap
Marine Protected Area
0.27 km² overlap
Bradley Bog
IUCN VPrivate Conservation Land
0.19 km² overlap
Oregon Islands
IUCN IVNational Wildlife Refuge
0.06 km² overlap
Marine Protected Area
0.05 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 227 distinct species · 358 148 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 37 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 Nestucca River : 27 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 79 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 11.2%, 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°
9,2°C
Annual rain
2 548mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,67
Runoff
1 768mm/an
PET
838mm
AET
697mm
Mean slope
11,5°
Water table
361cm
Forest
96%
Crops
2%
Urban
1%
Protected
5%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)