HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080360710
Bassin de Rivière Kipawa
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 1 administrative regions : Témiscamingue
Sub-basin area
635,6km²
Upstream area
5 453,2km²
Discharge
74,94m³/s
Mean elev.
310m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Rivière des Jardins593 km²
- Bassin de Ruisseau Sairs211 km²
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 637.3 km²100.0% of basin
12 intersecting protected areas
Ecological reserve
15.13 km² overlap
Proposed biodiversity reserve
4.32 km² overlap
08152R025 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
1.72 km² overlap
08152R042 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
1.51 km² overlap
08151R016 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
1.26 km² overlap
lac Richelieu Old-Growth Forest
IUCN IIIOld-growth forest
1.22 km² overlap
08151R018 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
0.93 km² overlap
08152R040 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
0.84 km² overlap
08152R036 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
0.72 km² overlap
3 more protected areassorted by overlap area
08151R017 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
0.59 km² overlap
Lac-Malakisis Old-Growth Forest
IUCN IIIOld-growth forest
0.32 km² overlap
08152R002 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
0.13 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
130 distinct species · 233 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 Rivière Kipawa : 27 espèces reliées par 85 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 11.5%, 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°
2,8°C
Annual rain
923mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,16
Runoff
464mm/an
PET
773mm
AET
614mm
Mean slope
3,4°
Water table
90cm
Forest
88%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
3%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)