HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080379510
Bassin de Rivière du Loup
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 4 administrative regions : D'Autray, Le Centre-de-la-Mauricie, Maskinongé, Matawinie
Sub-basin area
1 643,3km²
Upstream area
1 643,3km²
Discharge
27,82m³/s
Mean elev.
315m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1175.5 km²71.3% of basin
- 388.1 km²23.6% of basin
- 60.3 km²3.7% of basin
- 7.7 km²0.5% of basin
16 intersecting protected areas
Proposed biodiversity reserve
191.11 km² overlap
04151R078 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
2.49 km² overlap
04151R033 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
1.85 km² overlap
04151R034 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
1.32 km² overlap
04151R038 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
1.06 km² overlap
06251R033 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
1.06 km² overlap
04151R017 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
1.05 km² overlap
Natural Area Under Private Stewardship
1.03 km² overlap
04151R042 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
0.83 km² overlap
7 more protected areassorted by overlap area
04151R106 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
0.81 km² overlap
04151R021 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
0.80 km² overlap
DUC Fee Simple Lands
IUCN IVOwnership by Environmental Non-Governmental Organization
0.65 km² overlap
04151R016 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
0.55 km² overlap
06251R053 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
0.09 km² overlap
Old-growth forest
0.01 km² overlap
06251R052 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
0.01 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 306 distinct species · 31 632 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 du Loup : 26 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 96 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 14.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 11 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°
3,4°C
Annual rain
1 070mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,28
Runoff
539mm/an
PET
768mm
AET
643mm
Mean slope
5,0°
Water table
142cm
Forest
77%
Crops
9%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)