HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080282820
Bassin de Rivière Turgeon
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 : Cochrane, Nord-du-Québec
Sub-basin area
1 666,9km²
Upstream area
6 315,5km²
Discharge
106,27m³/s
Mean elev.
278m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Burntbush River2354 km²
- Bassin de Rivière Turgeon22 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1021.2 km²61.1% of basin
- 651.2 km²38.9% of basin
6 intersecting protected areas
Proposed biodiversity reserve
133.94 km² overlap
Conservation Reserve
81.59 km² overlap
08551R043 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
1.86 km² overlap
08551R044 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
1.68 km² overlap
08551R061 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
1.15 km² overlap
08551R045 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
1.08 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
199 distinct species · 2 584 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 35 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 Rivière Turgeon : 23 espèces reliées par 78 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 12.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 13 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°
-0,1°C
Annual rain
839mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,19
Runoff
733mm/an
PET
676mm
AET
548mm
Mean slope
0,5°
Water table
3cm
Forest
60%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
5%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)