HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080334080
Bassin de Rivière des Outaouais
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 : Rouyn-Noranda, Témiscamingue, Vallée-de-l'Or
Sub-basin area
1 588,5km²
Upstream area
13 508,2km²
Discharge
205,72m³/s
Mean elev.
327m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1008.6 km²63.3% of basin
- 428.2 km²26.9% of basin
- 156.4 km²9.8% of basin
19 intersecting protected areas
Biodiversity reserve
102.47 km² overlap
Ecological reserve
5.33 km² overlap
08351R011 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
2.91 km² overlap
08351R023 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
2.31 km² overlap
08351R087 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
1.59 km² overlap
08351R092 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
1.35 km² overlap
08251R029 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
1.33 km² overlap
08351R086 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
1.32 km² overlap
08351R088 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
1.32 km² overlap
10 more protected areassorted by overlap area
08351R012 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
1.21 km² overlap
08351R135 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
1.20 km² overlap
08351R089 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
1.18 km² overlap
08351R093 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
1.08 km² overlap
08351R038 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
1.08 km² overlap
08351R091 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
0.86 km² overlap
08351R096 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
0.48 km² overlap
08351R095 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
0.15 km² overlap
08351R097 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
0.11 km² overlap
08351R098 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
0.00 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
202 distinct species · 1 324 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 40 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 des Outaouais : 27 espèces reliées par 89 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 11.4%, 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°
1,7°C
Annual rain
930mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,23
Runoff
487mm/an
PET
717mm
AET
588mm
Mean slope
2,2°
Water table
39cm
Forest
80%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
1%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)