HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080385930
Bassin de Rivière Ouareau
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 5 administrative regions : Joliette, Les Laurentides, Les Pays-d'en-Haut, Matawinie, Montcalm
Sub-basin area
1 719,1km²
Upstream area
1 719,1km²
Discharge
31,98m³/s
Mean elev.
365m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
5 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1398.8 km²81.2% of basin
- 163.4 km²9.5% of basin
- 80.7 km²4.7% of basin
- 65.5 km²3.8% of basin
- 15.1 km²0.9% of basin
22 intersecting protected areas
Quebec's national park
144.10 km² overlap
Land reserved for protected area
53.37 km² overlap
White-tailed deer yard
5.27 km² overlap
06251R015 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
1.29 km² overlap
06251R005 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
1.21 km² overlap
06251R004 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
1.20 km² overlap
06251R006 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
0.92 km² overlap
06251R014 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
0.90 km² overlap
Forêt des Barils (partie 9135-7772 Québec Inc) Natural Area Under Private Stewardship
IUCN Not ReportedNatural Area Under Private Stewardship
0.88 km² overlap
13 more protected areassorted by overlap area
06251R003 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
0.84 km² overlap
06251R016 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
0.79 km² overlap
06251R008 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
0.77 km² overlap
06251R011 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
0.72 km² overlap
06251R009 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
0.72 km² overlap
06251R007 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
0.63 km² overlap
062-001 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
0.57 km² overlap
06251R001 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
0.51 km² overlap
06251R017 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
0.50 km² overlap
06251R002 Biological Refuge
IUCN IVBiological refuge
0.46 km² overlap
Proposed biodiversity reserve
0.10 km² overlap
Lac-de-l'Appel Old-Growth Forest
IUCN IIIOld-growth forest
0.04 km² overlap
Land reserved for protected area
0.01 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 605 distinct species · 311 288 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 33 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 Ouareau : 24 espèces reliées par 91 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 15.3%, 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 077mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,28
Runoff
587mm/an
PET
769mm
AET
644mm
Mean slope
5,9°
Water table
173cm
Forest
82%
Crops
6%
Urban
1%
Protected
9%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)