HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080352230
Bassin de Sand River
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 : Bayfield, Lake Superior
Sub-basin area
553km²
Upstream area
18 806,9km²
Discharge
256,71m³/s
Mean elev.
201m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Lake Superior370.2 km²66.8% of basin
- 124.8 km²22.5% of basin
- Lake Superior59.4 km²10.7% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Marine Protected Area
30.51 km² overlap
Gaylord Nelson
IUCN IbWilderness Area
0.96 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 032 distinct species · 11 913 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 38 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 Sand River : 27 espèces reliées par 78 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 10.5%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 12 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°
4,6°C
Annual rain
770mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,04
Runoff
690mm/an
PET
802mm
AET
629mm
Mean slope
0,6°
Water table
32cm
Forest
21%
Crops
6%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)