HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080034250
Bassin de Rivière des Escoumins
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 2 administrative regions : La Haute-Côte-Nord, Le Fjord-du-Saguenay
Sub-basin area
810,5km²
Upstream area
810,5km²
Discharge
17,45m³/s
Mean elev.
433m
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 705.9 km²86.8% of basin
- 107.0 km²13.2% of basin
17 intersecting protected areas
Biodiversity reserve
82.31 km² overlap
09751R079 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
1.80 km² overlap
09751R083 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
1.64 km² overlap
09751R087 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
1.54 km² overlap
09751R142 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
1.49 km² overlap
09751R107 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
1.39 km² overlap
09751R110 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
1.38 km² overlap
09751R199 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
1.29 km² overlap
09751R115 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
1.22 km² overlap
8 more protected areassorted by overlap area
09751R065 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
1.16 km² overlap
09751R082 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
1.09 km² overlap
09751R203 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
1.03 km² overlap
09751R080 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
1.01 km² overlap
09751R078 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
0.55 km² overlap
Land reserved for protected area
0.15 km² overlap
Water fowl gathering area
0.14 km² overlap
09751R141 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
0.08 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 168 distinct species · 273 446 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 Rivière des Escoumins : 25 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 71 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 13.4%, 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°
0,9°C
Annual rain
1 046mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,38
Runoff
675mm/an
PET
642mm
AET
575mm
Mean slope
7,6°
Water table
168cm
Forest
100%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
2%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)