HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080239430
Bassin de Rivière Mouchalagane
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 : Manicouagan, Sept-Rivières--Caniapiscau
Sub-basin area
1 318,2km²
Upstream area
8 309,7km²
Discharge
163,64m³/s
Mean elev.
510m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1237.2 km²93.5% of basin
- 86.1 km²6.5% of basin
9 intersecting protected areas
Caribous-Forestiers-de-Manouane-Manicouagan Territorial reserve for protected area purposes
IUCN Not ReportedLand reserved for protected area
477.22 km² overlap
Proposed biodiversity reserve
261.31 km² overlap
09352R026 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
2.99 km² overlap
09352R003 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
1.65 km² overlap
09352R019 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
1.39 km² overlap
09352R024 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
1.35 km² overlap
09352R020 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
1.31 km² overlap
09352R023 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
0.25 km² overlap
09352R025 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
0.05 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
8 distinct species · 9 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Not enough documented interactions to build a meaningful graph for this territory.
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
-2,7°C
Annual rain
945mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,43
Runoff
624mm/an
PET
540mm
AET
503mm
Mean slope
3,3°
Water table
64cm
Forest
59%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
1%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)