HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080064600
Bassin de Salmon 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 : Cape Breton, Richmond
Sub-basin area
620,7km²
Upstream area
621km²
Discharge
20,17m³/s
Mean elev.
59m
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Cape Breton622.2 km²100.0% of basin
- 0.0 km²0.0% of basin
6 intersecting protected areas
Wilderness Area
4.91 km² overlap
Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic site
IUCN Not ApplicableNational Historic Site
1.24 km² overlap
Gaspereaux River Provincial Park
IUCN Not ReportedProvincial Park
0.48 km² overlap
Broughton
IUCN Not ReportedFederal Real Property
0.39 km² overlap
Old Growth Forest Lands
IUCN Not ReportedOld Growth Forest
0.29 km² overlap
Wilderness Area
0.01 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 492 distinct species · 20 184 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 46 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 Salmon River : 36 espèces reliées par 114 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 11.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 10 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°
5,6°C
Annual rain
1 481mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,55
Runoff
1 138mm/an
PET
671mm
AET
633mm
Mean slope
2,2°
Water table
135cm
Forest
96%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
1%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)