HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080349140
Bassin de Rivière des Rapides
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 : La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau, Pontiac, Vallée-de-l'Or
Sub-basin area
1 680,7km²
Upstream area
1 681km²
Discharge
25,31m³/s
Mean elev.
390m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1196.3 km²71.0% of basin
- 445.9 km²26.5% of basin
- 43.1 km²2.6% of basin
20 intersecting protected areas
Proposed biodiversity reserve
188.02 km² overlap
Domaine-La Vérendrye Land set aside
IUCN Not ReportedLand set aside
124.98 km² overlap
07451R168 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
2.64 km² overlap
07451R093 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
1.85 km² overlap
07451R549 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
1.54 km² overlap
07451R133 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
1.51 km² overlap
07352R071 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
1.41 km² overlap
07451R534 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
1.34 km² overlap
07352R076 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
1.14 km² overlap
11 more protected areassorted by overlap area
07451R086 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
0.93 km² overlap
07352R074 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
0.82 km² overlap
07352R073 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
0.80 km² overlap
07352R077 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
0.73 km² overlap
Lac-Fusain Old-Growth Forest
IUCN IIIOld-growth forest
0.72 km² overlap
07451R087 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
0.70 km² overlap
07451R045 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
0.60 km² overlap
07352R075 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
0.57 km² overlap
07352R070 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
0.45 km² overlap
07352R078 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
0.13 km² overlap
07451R537 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
0.04 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
586 distinct species · 6 883 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 35 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 Rapides : 22 espèces reliées par 90 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 14.3%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 14 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°
1,9°C
Annual rain
973mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,26
Runoff
496mm/an
PET
715mm
AET
593mm
Mean slope
2,8°
Water table
74cm
Forest
80%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
1%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)