HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080301230
Bassin de Rivière aux Sables
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 : Le Fjord-du-Saguenay
Sub-basin area
1 221,2km²
Upstream area
1 221,2km²
Discharge
28,67m³/s
Mean elev.
661m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1225.0 km²100.0% of basin
14 intersecting protected areas
Biodiversity reserve
13.33 km² overlap
02352R066 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
6.00 km² overlap
02352R053 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
2.74 km² overlap
02352R061 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
2.51 km² overlap
02352R044 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
1.58 km² overlap
02352R055 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
1.49 km² overlap
02352R060 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
1.39 km² overlap
02352R054 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
1.33 km² overlap
02352R062 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
1.18 km² overlap
5 more protected areassorted by overlap area
02352R067 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
1.17 km² overlap
02352R045 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
1.15 km² overlap
02352R046 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
1.14 km² overlap
Quebec's national park
0.58 km² overlap
02352R064 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
0.03 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
347 distinct species · 2 092 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 aux Sables : 23 espèces reliées par 105 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 14.9%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 15 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°
-0,3°C
Annual rain
1 096mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,42
Runoff
744mm/an
PET
630mm
AET
583mm
Mean slope
4,6°
Water table
80cm
Forest
78%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
2%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)