HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080315210
Bassin de Rivière Métabetchouane
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 5 administrative regions : La Côte-de-Beaupré, La Jacques-Cartier, Lac-Saint-Jean-Est, Le Domaine-du-Roy, Le Haut-Saint-Maurice
Sub-basin area
2 467,7km²
Upstream area
2 467,7km²
Discharge
58,58m³/s
Mean elev.
453m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
5 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 674.0 km²27.2% of basin
- 605.6 km²24.5% of basin
- 600.7 km²24.3% of basin
- 451.1 km²18.2% of basin
- 143.6 km²5.8% of basin
21 intersecting protected areas
Proposed biodiversity reserve
101.18 km² overlap
Land set aside Lac-à-Moïse
IUCN Not ReportedLand set aside
90.22 km² overlap
Ecological reserve
6.69 km² overlap
02351R305 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
4.13 km² overlap
02351R022 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
2.86 km² overlap
02351R296 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
2.66 km² overlap
02351R012 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
2.64 km² overlap
02351R023 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
2.23 km² overlap
02351R282 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
1.86 km² overlap
12 more protected areassorted by overlap area
02351R081 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
1.79 km² overlap
02251R035 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
1.77 km² overlap
02351R017 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
1.39 km² overlap
02251R041 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
1.25 km² overlap
02351R307 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
1.23 km² overlap
02351R311 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
1.08 km² overlap
02351R308 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
1.08 km² overlap
02351R312 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
0.63 km² overlap
03152R022 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
0.27 km² overlap
Muskrat habitat
0.17 km² overlap
Muskrat habitat
0.09 km² overlap
03152R017 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
0.00 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
826 distinct species · 28 132 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 28 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 Métabetchouane : 18 espèces reliées par 71 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 17.5%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 11 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°
1,7°C
Annual rain
1 082mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,36
Runoff
754mm/an
PET
679mm
AET
610mm
Mean slope
4,7°
Water table
81cm
Forest
80%
Crops
3%
Urban
0%
Protected
1%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)