HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080039060
Bassin de Saco 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 : Cumberland, York
Sub-basin area
453km²
Upstream area
4 410,8km²
Discharge
151,56m³/s
Mean elev.
70m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
Outlet (drains to ocean / endorheic)
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Little Ossipee River422 km²
- Bassin de Saco River163 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 414.2 km²91.3% of basin
- Cumberland38.1 km²8.4% of basin
18 intersecting protected areas
Saco Heath
IUCN VPrivate Conservation Land
4.83 km² overlap
UNE Vernal Pools
IUCN Not AssignedPool
0.71 km² overlap
Blandings Park
IUCN VWildlife Sanctuary
0.68 km² overlap
Cranberry Marsh
IUCN VPrivate Conservation
0.51 km² overlap
Salmon Falls
IUCN IIIState Park
0.30 km² overlap
Rachel Carson
IUCN Not AssignedNational Wildlife Refuge
0.24 km² overlap
Marine Protected Area
0.23 km² overlap
Bradford
IUCN VMemorial Tract
0.21 km² overlap
Apple Ridge
IUCN VPCL
0.18 km² overlap
9 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Saco Heath
IUCN VPCL
0.17 km² overlap
Saco Valley Land Trust
IUCN VPCL
0.12 km² overlap
Taylor Estate
IUCN VPCL
0.10 km² overlap
Ferry
IUCN IIIBeach
0.09 km² overlap
Land Stewards Donation
IUCN VPCL
0.07 km² overlap
Chretien Donation
IUCN VPCL
0.05 km² overlap
Old Alfred Rd
IUCN VPCL
0.04 km² overlap
Taylor Estates
IUCN VPCL
0.02 km² overlap
West St.
IUCN VPCL
0.00 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 828 distinct species · 112 515 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 36 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 Saco River : 22 espèces reliées par 86 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 13.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 14 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°
7,6°C
Annual rain
1 160mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,19
Runoff
888mm/an
PET
939mm
AET
737mm
Mean slope
1,6°
Water table
109cm
Forest
93%
Crops
6%
Urban
5%
Protected
1%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)