HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080340420
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 2 administrative regions : Rouyn-Noranda, Témiscamingue
Sub-basin area
505,7km²
Upstream area
18 121,8km²
Discharge
273,32m³/s
Mean elev.
302m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Rivière des Outaouais1589 km²
- Bassin de Rivière Kinojévis276 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 272.0 km²53.6% of basin
- 235.2 km²46.4% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
08351R006 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
5.63 km² overlap
08351R008 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
2.47 km² overlap
08351R007 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
1.13 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
58 distinct species · 70 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 37 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 : 35 espèces reliées par 35 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 5.3%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 2 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°
1,8°C
Annual rain
923mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,21
Runoff
482mm/an
PET
726mm
AET
591mm
Mean slope
2,1°
Water table
30cm
Forest
81%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
2%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)