HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080285710
Bassin de Rivière Chibougamau
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 1 administrative regions : Nord-du-Québec
Sub-basin area
4 966,9km²
Upstream area
4 966,9km²
Discharge
104,77m³/s
Mean elev.
388m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 4983.9 km²100.0% of basin
21 intersecting protected areas
Quebec's national park reserve
469.79 km² overlap
Proposed biodiversity reserve
306.53 km² overlap
Land reserved for protected area
248.62 km² overlap
02664R026 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
11.98 km² overlap
02664R031 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
8.09 km² overlap
02664R034 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
5.98 km² overlap
02664R032 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
3.89 km² overlap
02663R005 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
3.50 km² overlap
02663R001 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
2.81 km² overlap
12 more protected areassorted by overlap area
02663R003 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
2.31 km² overlap
02662R028 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
2.11 km² overlap
02664R030 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
2.08 km² overlap
02664R033 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
2.01 km² overlap
02663R011 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
1.91 km² overlap
02662R018 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
1.89 km² overlap
02664R027 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
1.53 km² overlap
02663R002 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
1.51 km² overlap
02663R010 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
1.35 km² overlap
02664R029 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
1.30 km² overlap
02663R012 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
0.77 km² overlap
Lac Chevrillon Heronry
IUCN VIHeronry
0.60 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
989 distinct species · 23 719 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 36 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 Chibougamau : 25 espèces reliées par 72 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 10.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 12 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
936mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,35
Runoff
669mm/an
PET
611mm
AET
535mm
Mean slope
1,6°
Water table
27cm
Forest
72%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
1%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)