HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080040370
Bassin de Appoquinimink 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 : Kent, New Castle
Sub-basin area
956,2km²
Upstream area
956,2km²
Discharge
3,87m³/s
Mean elev.
10m
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 534.5 km²55.8% of basin
- Kent410.7 km²42.9% of basin
19 intersecting protected areas
Delaware Bay Estuary
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
241.22 km² overlap
Marine Protected Area
62.26 km² overlap
Bombay Hook
IUCN IVNational Wildlife Refuge
62.19 km² overlap
Woodland Beach Wildlife Area
IUCN VIMarine Protected Area
24.92 km² overlap
Cedar Swamp Wildlife Area
IUCN VIMarine Protected Area
21.76 km² overlap
Little Creek Wildlife Area
IUCN VIMarine Protected Area
18.79 km² overlap
Taylors Bridge
IUCN VPrivate Conservation
13.38 km² overlap
Augustine Wildlife Area
IUCN VIMarine Protected Area
10.53 km² overlap
Bombay Hook Propo
IUCN IbProposed Wilderness
6.79 km² overlap
10 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Easement
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
5.69 km² overlap
Augustine Creek
IUCN VPrivate Conservation
5.04 km² overlap
Marine Protected Area
4.86 km² overlap
Marine Protected Area
2.49 km² overlap
Sharp Farm
IUCN VWildlife Refuge
1.75 km² overlap
Cedar Swamp
IUCN VWildlife Area
0.85 km² overlap
Bombay Hook
IUCN VNational Wildlife Refuge
0.07 km² overlap
Ted Harvey
IUCN VWildlife Area
0.02 km² overlap
Port Penn
IUCN IIINatural Area
0.01 km² overlap
Little Creek
IUCN VWildlife Area
0.01 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 793 distinct species · 2 062 891 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 33 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 Appoquinimink River : 25 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 68 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 12.9%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 8 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°
12,5°C
Annual rain
1 069mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,01
Runoff
582mm/an
PET
1 085mm
AET
827mm
Mean slope
0,5°
Water table
15cm
Forest
47%
Crops
42%
Urban
11%
Protected
12%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)