HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080262290
Bassin de Heron 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.
Crosses 3 administrative regions : Division No. 15, Division No. 16, Division No. 17
Sub-basin area
315,2km²
Upstream area
315,3km²
Discharge
0,29m³/s
Mean elev.
621m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 171.7 km²54.3% of basin
- 74.7 km²23.6% of basin
- 69.9 km²22.1% of basin
6 intersecting protected areas
National Park
171.67 km² overlap
Wildlife Management Area
4.75 km² overlap
Privately Protected Area
1.29 km² overlap
Privately Protected Area
0.64 km² overlap
Privately Protected Area
0.64 km² overlap
Privately Protected Area
0.01 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
193 distinct species · 1 154 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 38 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 Heron Creek : 23 espèces reliées par 95 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 12.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 16 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°
0,7°C
Annual rain
509mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,29
Runoff
34mm/an
PET
714mm
AET
436mm
Mean slope
1,4°
Water table
45cm
Forest
8%
Crops
21%
Urban
0%
Protected
55%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)