HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080034860
Bassin de Rivière Matane
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 Matapédia, Matane
Sub-basin area
1 679,8km²
Upstream area
1 679,8km²
Discharge
36,6m³/s
Mean elev.
335m
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1405.9 km²83.4% of basin
- 279.0 km²16.6% of basin
5 intersecting protected areas
Land reserved for protected area
8.67 km² overlap
01254R011 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
1.49 km² overlap
Water fowl gathering area
0.17 km² overlap
Calvette Salt Lick
IUCN IVSalt lick
0.03 km² overlap
Salt lick
0.03 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
870 distinct species · 19 787 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 30 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 Matane : 21 espèces reliées par 71 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 16.3%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 9 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°
1,4°C
Annual rain
1 048mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,39
Runoff
696mm/an
PET
641mm
AET
569mm
Mean slope
6,0°
Water table
130cm
Forest
96%
Crops
5%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)