HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080039470
Bassin de Taunton 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 : Bristol, Norfolk, Plymouth
Sub-basin area
1 296,7km²
Upstream area
1 296,7km²
Discharge
28,72m³/s
Mean elev.
24m
Administrative coverage
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 582.0 km²44.8% of basin
- Plymouth572.4 km²44.1% of basin
- 130.9 km²10.1% of basin
30 intersecting protected areas
Hockomock Swamp
IUCN VWildlife Management Area
18.26 km² overlap
Pond
3.84 km² overlap
Great Cedar Swamp
IUCN VPrivate Conservation
3.30 km² overlap
SE Mass Bioreserve
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
2.06 km² overlap
Bridgewater Correctional Comp
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
2.05 km² overlap
Private Conservation
1.51 km² overlap
Moose Hill
IUCN Not AssignedWildlife Sanctuary
1.46 km² overlap
Bettys Neck WCE
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
1.31 km² overlap
Peirce CR
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
1.07 km² overlap
21 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Reserve Program
1.03 km² overlap
Reserve Program
0.81 km² overlap
Great Woods Conservation Area CR
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Area
0.77 km² overlap
Reservoir
0.70 km² overlap
Striar Conservancy
IUCN VPrivate Conservation
0.66 km² overlap
Tanglewood Estates CR
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
0.59 km² overlap
North Attleboro
IUCN VNational Fish Hatchery
0.58 km² overlap
Conservation Area
0.54 km² overlap
Brockton Audubon
IUCN Not AssignedPreserve
0.45 km² overlap
Brockton Audubon
IUCN Not AssignedPreserve
0.45 km² overlap
Poor Meadow Brook WCE
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
0.45 km² overlap
Taunton River WCR
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
0.42 km² overlap
Leonard CR
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
0.42 km² overlap
Cannon Forge Estates CR
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
0.41 km² overlap
The Estates at Norton CR
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
0.36 km² overlap
Snake River
IUCN VPreserve
0.35 km² overlap
River Oaks CR
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
0.32 km² overlap
River Oaks Cr
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
0.32 km² overlap
Puddingstone
IUCN VPreserve
0.30 km² overlap
Dodge
IUCN VReservation
0.27 km² overlap
Whippoorwill Woods CR
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
0.26 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
4 654 distinct species · 940 948 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 Taunton River : 27 espèces reliées par 90 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 12.1%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 12 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°
9,8°C
Annual rain
1 194mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,19
Runoff
807mm/an
PET
962mm
AET
768mm
Mean slope
1,1°
Water table
52cm
Forest
86%
Crops
5%
Urban
34%
Protected
2%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)