HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080042770
Bassin de Adams Creek Canal
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 4 administrative regions : Carteret, Craven, Dare, Hyde
Sub-basin area
1 504,3km²
Upstream area
1 504,3km²
Discharge
2,6m³/s
Mean elev.
4m
Administrative coverage
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 875.0 km²58.2% of basin
- 336.6 km²22.4% of basin
- 39.0 km²2.6% of basin
- 22.6 km²1.5% of basin
23 intersecting protected areas
Marine Protected Area
100.52 km² overlap
Croatan Game Land
IUCN VIMarine Protected Area
88.00 km² overlap
Cedar Island
IUCN IVNational Wildlife Refuge
57.94 km² overlap
Marine Protected Area
57.94 km² overlap
Cape Lookout
IUCN VNational Seashore
50.51 km² overlap
Cape Hatteras
IUCN VNational Seashore
49.43 km² overlap
Marine Protected Area
47.95 km² overlap
Reserve Program
15.87 km² overlap
Marine Protected Area
10.32 km² overlap
14 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Marine Protected Area
6.67 km² overlap
Rachel Carson
IUCN VNational Estuarine Research Reserve
6.67 km² overlap
Marine Protected Area
6.50 km² overlap
Buxton Woods
IUCN VCoastal Reserve
4.08 km² overlap
Buxton Woods Coastal Reserve
IUCN IVMarine Protected Area
3.46 km² overlap
Preserve
3.21 km² overlap
Easement
1.77 km² overlap
National Wildlife Refuge
0.72 km² overlap
Browns Island Tracts
IUCN VState Conservation Area
0.63 km² overlap
Preserve
0.36 km² overlap
Big Hill Island Audubon
IUCN VSanctuary
0.23 km² overlap
Preserve
0.21 km² overlap
Several Islands Audubon
IUCN VPreserve
0.10 km² overlap
Maritime
IUCN Not AssignedMuseum
0.01 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 039 distinct species · 189 181 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 35 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 Adams Creek Canal : 23 espèces reliées par 82 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 13.8%, 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°
17,0°C
Annual rain
1 400mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,15
Runoff
478mm/an
PET
1 188mm
AET
1 050mm
Mean slope
0,3°
Water table
10cm
Forest
71%
Crops
33%
Urban
3%
Protected
28%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)