HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080383260
Bassin de West Branch Manistique 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 2 administrative regions : Alger, Schoolcraft
Sub-basin area
889km²
Upstream area
889,1km²
Discharge
10,86m³/s
Mean elev.
242m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 661.3 km²74.2% of basin
- 230.0 km²25.8% of basin
11 intersecting protected areas
Forest Management
464.84 km² overlap
Seney
IUCN IVNational Wildlife Refuge
40.67 km² overlap
Seney National Wildlif
IUCN IbNational Wildlife Refuge
39.17 km² overlap
National Natural Landmark
6.93 km² overlap
Cusino State Wildlife
IUCN VResearch Area
6.32 km² overlap
Marine Protected Area
6.03 km² overlap
Big Island Lake
IUCN IbWilderness
0.69 km² overlap
Pictured Rocks
IUCN VNational Lakeshore
0.58 km² overlap
Munising Township
IUCN VNatural Area
0.32 km² overlap
2 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Beaver Basin
IUCN IbWilderness Area
0.17 km² overlap
Beaver Basin
IUCN VWilderness Area
0.01 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 726 distinct species · 14 721 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 46 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 West Branch Manistique River : 30 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 85 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 8.2%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 16 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°
4,9°C
Annual rain
831mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,06
Runoff
385mm/an
PET
784mm
AET
603mm
Mean slope
0,6°
Water table
36cm
Forest
93%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
80%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)