HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080047180
Bassin · #7080047180
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 : Jefferson, Lafourche
Sub-basin area
623,4km²
Upstream area
623,4km²
Discharge
5,45m³/s
Mean elev.
0m
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 466.8 km²75.0% of basin
- Jefferson34.5 km²5.5% of basin
5 intersecting protected areas
Grand Isle
IUCN IIIState Park
0.83 km² overlap
Grand Isle
IUCN VPrivate Conservation Land
0.42 km² overlap
Lafitte Woods Fee
IUCN VPrivate Conservation Land
0.03 km² overlap
Grand Isle Fee
IUCN VPrivate Conservation Land
0.01 km² overlap
Lafitte Woods
IUCN VPrivate Conservation Land
0.00 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
606 distinct species · 66 693 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 32 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 · #7080047180 : 21 espèces reliées par 66 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 13.3%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 11 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°
20,6°C
Annual rain
1 562mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,16
Runoff
717mm/an
PET
1 306mm
AET
1 192mm
Mean slope
0,0°
Water table
2cm
Forest
10%
Crops
28%
Urban
0%
Protected
8%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)