HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080036810
Bassin de Quoddy 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 2 administrative regions : Guysborough, Halifax
Sub-basin area
725,3km²
Upstream area
725,3km²
Discharge
6,89m³/s
Mean elev.
63m
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Halifax424.3 km²58.4% of basin
- Guysborough236.0 km²32.5% of basin
11 intersecting protected areas
Wilderness Area
53.86 km² overlap
Boggy Lake Wilderness Area
IUCN IbWilderness Area
37.11 km² overlap
Boggy Lake Wilderness Area
IUCN IbWilderness Area
9.74 km² overlap
Wilderness Area
5.16 km² overlap
Denis Lakes Wilderness Area
IUCN IVWilderness Area
4.88 km² overlap
Alder Ground Wilderness Area
IUCN IbWilderness Area
4.40 km² overlap
Barren Island Conservation Lands
IUCN Not ReportedOwnership by Environmental Non-Governmental Organization
3.06 km² overlap
Toadfish Lakes Wilderness Area
IUCN Not ReportedWilderness Area
1.98 km² overlap
Eastern Shore Islands Wildlife Management Area
IUCN Not ApplicableWildlife Management Area
0.12 km² overlap
2 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Wilderness Area
0.10 km² overlap
Alder Ground Wilderness Area
IUCN IVWilderness Area
0.01 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
839 distinct species · 172 548 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 45 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 Quoddy River : 35 espèces dont 4 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 77 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 7.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 10 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°
5,8°C
Annual rain
1 425mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,50
Runoff
1 031mm/an
PET
712mm
AET
670mm
Mean slope
2,1°
Water table
111cm
Forest
85%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
5%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)