HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080033700
Bassin de Rivière Desmeules
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 1 administrative regions : Sept-Rivières--Caniapiscau
Sub-basin area
968,1km²
Upstream area
968,1km²
Discharge
1,03m³/s
Mean elev.
228m
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 944.1 km²97.2% of basin
30 intersecting protected areas
Archipel-de-Sept-Îles Land set aside
IUCN Not ReportedLand set aside
24.90 km² overlap
09451R060 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
3.06 km² overlap
Land reserved for protected area
2.28 km² overlap
Water fowl gathering area
2.28 km² overlap
09451R042 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
2.27 km² overlap
Water fowl gathering area
2.07 km² overlap
09451R044 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
2.06 km² overlap
Water fowl gathering area
1.96 km² overlap
09451R048 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
1.90 km² overlap
21 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Water fowl gathering area
1.73 km² overlap
Water fowl gathering area
1.68 km² overlap
Water fowl gathering area
1.55 km² overlap
Water fowl gathering area
1.44 km² overlap
Water fowl gathering area
1.31 km² overlap
09451R063 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
1.28 km² overlap
09451R046 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
1.20 km² overlap
Water fowl gathering area
1.14 km² overlap
Water fowl gathering area
1.13 km² overlap
Water fowl gathering area
1.13 km² overlap
Water fowl gathering area
0.98 km² overlap
Water fowl gathering area
0.98 km² overlap
Migratory Bird Sanctuary
0.92 km² overlap
Migratory Bird Sanctuary
0.89 km² overlap
Water fowl gathering area
0.87 km² overlap
Water fowl gathering area
0.68 km² overlap
Water fowl gathering area
0.65 km² overlap
DUC Fee Simple Lands
IUCN IVOwnership by Environmental Non-Governmental Organization
0.51 km² overlap
Recognized nature reserve
0.51 km² overlap
Water fowl gathering area
0.35 km² overlap
Proposed aquatic reserve
0.34 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 553 distinct species · 133 976 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 29 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 Rivière Desmeules : 18 espèces reliées par 64 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 14.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 12 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°
0,2°C
Annual rain
1 108mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,48
Runoff
843mm/an
PET
572mm
AET
539mm
Mean slope
4,8°
Water table
107cm
Forest
89%
Crops
0%
Urban
2%
Protected
4%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)