HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080243660
Bassin · #7080243660
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
348,2km²
Upstream area
12 669,2km²
Discharge
251,76m³/s
Mean elev.
465m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #7080240660691 km²
- Bassin de Rivière Seignelay11 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 323.3 km²92.5% of basin
- 26.2 km²7.5% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Proposed biodiversity reserve
230.39 km² overlap
09352R013 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
3.02 km² overlap
09352R023 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
1.29 km² overlap
Old-growth forest
0.67 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
10 distinct species · 13 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°
-2,4°C
Annual rain
949mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,41
Runoff
590mm/an
PET
560mm
AET
515mm
Mean slope
3,6°
Water table
64cm
Forest
73%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
1%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)