HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080342530
Bassin de Ruisseau Clair
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 : Le Haut-Saint-Maurice, Matawinie, Mékinac
Sub-basin area
576,2km²
Upstream area
576,4km²
Discharge
8,91m³/s
Mean elev.
437m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 303.3 km²52.5% of basin
- 150.8 km²26.1% of basin
- 123.7 km²21.4% of basin
13 intersecting protected areas
Proposed biodiversity reserve
8.93 km² overlap
04352R996 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
1.63 km² overlap
04352R751 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
1.49 km² overlap
04352R730 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
1.29 km² overlap
04352R521 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
1.12 km² overlap
04352R994 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
0.98 km² overlap
04352R752 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
0.97 km² overlap
04352R067 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
0.70 km² overlap
04352R990 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
0.61 km² overlap
4 more protected areassorted by overlap area
04352R041 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
0.61 km² overlap
04352R720 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
0.58 km² overlap
04352R048 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
0.40 km² overlap
04352R025 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
0.05 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
80 distinct species · 168 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 32 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 Ruisseau Clair : 24 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 49 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 9.9%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 8 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°
1,5°C
Annual rain
1 047mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,31
Runoff
493mm/an
PET
720mm
AET
613mm
Mean slope
3,9°
Water table
93cm
Forest
74%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
1%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)