HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080036970
Bassin de Sackville 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 3 administrative regions : Halifax, Hants, Lunenburg
Sub-basin area
2 982,6km²
Upstream area
2 982,6km²
Discharge
7,75m³/s
Mean elev.
78m
Administrative coverage
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Halifax2017.8 km²67.5% of basin
- Lunenburg516.5 km²17.3% of basin
- 283.9 km²9.5% of basin
30 intersecting protected areas
Wilderness Area
86.32 km² overlap
Wilderness Area
77.56 km² overlap
Terence Bay Wilderness Area
IUCN IbWilderness Area
44.31 km² overlap
South Panuke Wilderness Area
IUCN IIWilderness Area
39.36 km² overlap
Island Lake Wilderness Area
IUCN Not ReportedWilderness Area
39.19 km² overlap
Wilderness Area
19.14 km² overlap
Pockwock Wilderness Area
IUCN IVWilderness Area
19.01 km² overlap
Wilderness Area
13.18 km² overlap
Musquodoboit Harbour
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
11.27 km² overlap
21 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Rogues Roost Wilderness Area
IUCN IVWilderness Area
11.27 km² overlap
West Dover Provincial Park
IUCN IIIProvincial Park
10.35 km² overlap
Provincial Park
4.99 km² overlap
Nature Reserve
4.54 km² overlap
Wilderness Area
4.52 km² overlap
Long Lake Nature Reserve
IUCN IaNature Reserve
4.01 km² overlap
Duncans Cove Nature Reserve
IUCN IVNature Reserve
3.69 km² overlap
Blandford Nature Reserve
IUCN IaNature Reserve
3.19 km² overlap
Privately Protected Area
2.93 km² overlap
South Panuke Wilderness Area
IUCN IIWilderness Area
2.91 km² overlap
Wilderness Area
2.88 km² overlap
Long Lake Nature Reserve
IUCN IaNature Reserve
2.85 km² overlap
Sackville River Wilderness Area
IUCN Not ReportedWilderness Area
2.75 km² overlap
Blue Mountain Wilderness Connector
IUCN Not ReportedOwnership by Environmental Non-Governmental Organization
2.10 km² overlap
DUC Fee Simple Lands
IUCN IVOwnership by Environmental Non-Governmental Organization
1.88 km² overlap
Eagles Nest Nature Reserve
IUCN IaNature Reserve
1.88 km² overlap
DUC Fee Simple Lands
IUCN IVOwnership by Environmental Non-Governmental Organization
1.29 km² overlap
DUC Fee Simple Lands
IUCN IVOwnership by Environmental Non-Governmental Organization
1.24 km² overlap
Privately Protected Area
1.18 km² overlap
Pennant River Conservation Lands
IUCN Not ReportedOwnership by Environmental Non-Governmental Organization
1.03 km² overlap
Privately Protected Area
0.97 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
6 136 distinct species · 1 406 677 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 39 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 Sackville River : 31 espèces reliées par 82 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 10.5%, 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°
6,2°C
Annual rain
1 396mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,46
Runoff
948mm/an
PET
750mm
AET
672mm
Mean slope
2,6°
Water table
183cm
Forest
83%
Crops
0%
Urban
6%
Protected
6%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)