HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080034390
Bassin de Rivière Malbaie
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 : Charlevoix, Charlevoix-Est, La Côte-de-Beaupré, Le Fjord-du-Saguenay
Sub-basin area
1 861,4km²
Upstream area
1 861,4km²
Discharge
39,1m³/s
Mean elev.
658m
Administrative coverage
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 995.7 km²53.3% of basin
- 747.5 km²40.0% of basin
- 74.0 km²4.0% of basin
- 49.5 km²2.6% of basin
26 intersecting protected areas
Quebec's national park
241.86 km² overlap
Quebec's national park
220.83 km² overlap
Ecological reserve
9.21 km² overlap
03351R022 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
2.34 km² overlap
03351R013 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
2.15 km² overlap
03351R048 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
1.98 km² overlap
03351R011 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
1.95 km² overlap
03351R019 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
1.61 km² overlap
03351R014 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
1.58 km² overlap
17 more protected areassorted by overlap area
03351R025 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
1.52 km² overlap
03351R007 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
1.49 km² overlap
03351R005 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
1.47 km² overlap
03351R018 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
1.43 km² overlap
03351R052 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
1.42 km² overlap
03351R050 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
1.29 km² overlap
03351R012 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
1.28 km² overlap
03351R020 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
1.20 km² overlap
Ecological reserve
1.18 km² overlap
03351R051 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
1.13 km² overlap
03351R024 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
1.10 km² overlap
03351R006 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
0.95 km² overlap
03351R021 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
0.58 km² overlap
03351R027 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
0.57 km² overlap
03351R049 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
0.48 km² overlap
Lac-des-Neiges Old-Growth Forest
IUCN IIIOld-growth forest
0.19 km² overlap
Water fowl gathering area
0.01 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 825 distinct species · 86 933 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 Malbaie : 18 espèces reliées par 61 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 14.0%, 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°
0,8°C
Annual rain
1 180mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,46
Runoff
719mm/an
PET
636mm
AET
597mm
Mean slope
9,2°
Water table
248cm
Forest
88%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
26%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)