HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080366970
Bassin de Rivière Beauchêne
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
593,9km²
Upstream area
593,9km²
Discharge
8,51m³/s
Mean elev.
316m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 595.4 km²100.0% of basin
12 intersecting protected areas
Ecological reserve
15.15 km² overlap
08151R008 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
2.07 km² overlap
lac Cottentré Old-Growth Forest
IUCN IIIOld-growth forest
1.53 km² overlap
08151R009 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
0.81 km² overlap
08151R021 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
0.73 km² overlap
08151R010 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
0.63 km² overlap
lac Kipawa Old-Growth Forest
IUCN IIIOld-growth forest
0.61 km² overlap
08151R020 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
0.55 km² overlap
08151R003 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
0.54 km² overlap
3 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Old-growth forest
0.51 km² overlap
08151R001 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
0.25 km² overlap
08151R002 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
0.10 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
308 distinct species · 3 382 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 37 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 Beauchêne : 25 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 87 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 12.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 13 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°
3,1°C
Annual rain
916mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,15
Runoff
453mm/an
PET
776mm
AET
614mm
Mean slope
4,0°
Water table
114cm
Forest
91%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
4%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)