HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080374800
Bassin de Rivière Saint-Maurice
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 6 administrative regions : Francheville, Le Centre-de-la-Mauricie, Le Haut-Saint-Maurice, Maskinongé, Mékinac +1
Sub-basin area
2 462,8km²
Upstream area
41 991,3km²
Discharge
663,81m³/s
Mean elev.
263m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Rivière Saint-Maurice476 km²
- Bassin de Rivière Matawin149 km²
6 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 974.9 km²39.5% of basin
- 830.0 km²33.6% of basin
- 332.2 km²13.5% of basin
- 163.3 km²6.6% of basin
- 107.1 km²4.3% of basin
- 61.3 km²2.5% of basin
30 intersecting protected areas
National Park
384.85 km² overlap
Proposed biodiversity reserve
9.48 km² overlap
Ecological reserve
8.32 km² overlap
Ecological reserve
5.53 km² overlap
04151R088 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
5.39 km² overlap
Tourbière-du-Lac-à-la-Tortue (Sec. CNQ / Par. AbitibiConsolidated, Abitibi Phase 2) Nature Reserve
IUCN IVRecognized nature reserve
3.10 km² overlap
Natural Area Under Private Stewardship
2.94 km² overlap
Tortue-des-Bois-de-la-Shawinigan (Sec. SCCN / Par. Lessard, Marcotte) Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedRecognized nature reserve
2.64 km² overlap
Habitat of a threatened or vulnerable wildlife species
2.31 km² overlap
21 more protected areassorted by overlap area
04151R076 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
2.12 km² overlap
04151R001 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
2.01 km² overlap
04151R903 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
1.59 km² overlap
04151R002 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
1.58 km² overlap
04151R006 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
1.45 km² overlap
04151R072 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
1.30 km² overlap
04151R902 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
1.18 km² overlap
04151R014 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
1.17 km² overlap
04251R175 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
1.16 km² overlap
04251R200 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
1.15 km² overlap
04251R113 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
1.15 km² overlap
04151R079 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
0.96 km² overlap
04251R032 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
0.93 km² overlap
04151R914 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
0.88 km² overlap
04251R501 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
0.87 km² overlap
04151R041 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
0.69 km² overlap
04151R069 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
0.67 km² overlap
04151R005 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
0.53 km² overlap
04251R511 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
0.38 km² overlap
04151R071 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
0.34 km² overlap
Recognized nature reserve
0.27 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 518 distinct species · 279 935 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 31 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 Saint-Maurice : 22 espèces reliées par 62 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 12.5%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 10 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°
3,6°C
Annual rain
1 062mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,28
Runoff
566mm/an
PET
763mm
AET
642mm
Mean slope
5,2°
Water table
155cm
Forest
85%
Crops
1%
Urban
3%
Protected
17%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)