HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080364490
Bassin de Laughing Whitefish 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 : Alger, Lake Superior, Marquette
Sub-basin area
294,9km²
Upstream area
294,9km²
Discharge
4,07m³/s
Mean elev.
222m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 159.1 km²53.8% of basin
- 123.3 km²41.7% of basin
- 13.2 km²4.5% of basin
12 intersecting protected areas
Scenic River
6.34 km² overlap
Lake
5.19 km² overlap
Gwinn State Forest Area
IUCN VState Forest
4.32 km² overlap
Natural Area Laughing Whitefish Falls Scenic Site
IUCN Not AssignedNatural Area
1.47 km² overlap
Snow Owl Outdoor
IUCN Not AssignedClub
0.93 km² overlap
Tory's Woods
IUCN VConservation Preserve
0.70 km² overlap
MNRTF Parcel 82
IUCN VConservation Area
0.21 km² overlap
MNRTF Parcel
IUCN VConservation Area
0.17 km² overlap
Handford Memorial
IUCN VNature Preserve
0.17 km² overlap
3 more protected areassorted by overlap area
96-03-0120
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
0.02 km² overlap
Township
IUCN VNatural Area
0.02 km² overlap
Dukes
IUCN IIINational Natural Landmark
0.00 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 207 distinct species · 29 169 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 39 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 Laughing Whitefish River : 25 espèces reliées par 100 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 13.5%, 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°
4,6°C
Annual rain
831mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,03
Runoff
537mm/an
PET
806mm
AET
612mm
Mean slope
0,6°
Water table
39cm
Forest
41%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
6%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)