HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080053010
Bassin de Upper Freshwater Creek
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.
Sub-basin area
182,9km²
Upstream area
182,9km²
Discharge
2,46m³/s
Mean elev.
9m
Administrative coverage
0 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
8 intersecting protected areas
Paynes Creek
IUCN IINational Park
131.78 km² overlap
Deep River
IUCN VIForest Reserve
13.03 km² overlap
Port Honduras
IUCN IVSpecially Protected Area (Cartagena Convention)
11.17 km² overlap
Port Honduras
IUCN IVMarine Reserve
10.36 km² overlap
Sapodilla Cayes
IUCN IVMarine Reserve
1.48 km² overlap
Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
1.48 km² overlap
Port Honduras
IUCN IVMarine Reserve
0.81 km² overlap
Spawning Aggregation Site Reserves
0.00 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
425 distinct species · 6 450 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 34 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 Upper Freshwater Creek : 22 espèces reliées par 51 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 8.1%, 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°
25,8°C
Annual rain
2 712mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,50
Runoff
1 552mm/an
PET
1 361mm
AET
1 283mm
Mean slope
0,4°
Water table
11cm
Forest
44%
Crops
6%
Urban
0%
Protected
86%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)