HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080037920
Bassin de Salmon 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 : Colchester, Pictou
Sub-basin area
763,3km²
Upstream area
763,3km²
Discharge
20,24m³/s
Mean elev.
155m
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 729.9 km²95.4% of basin
- Pictou33.6 km²4.4% of basin
5 intersecting protected areas
Gully Lake Wilderness Area
IUCN IbWilderness Area
33.82 km² overlap
Wilderness Area
11.75 km² overlap
Gully Lake Wilderness Area
IUCN Not ReportedWilderness Area
0.35 km² overlap
Privately Protected Area
0.22 km² overlap
Privately Protected Area
0.07 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 952 distinct species · 83 219 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 Salmon River : 25 espèces reliées par 93 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 11.9%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 15 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°
5,4°C
Annual rain
1 253mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,38
Runoff
857mm/an
PET
771mm
AET
661mm
Mean slope
2,7°
Water table
195cm
Forest
73%
Crops
6%
Urban
4%
Protected
4%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)