HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080397280
Bassin de Saint Croix 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 3 administrative regions : Burnett, Chisago, Polk
Sub-basin area
105,3km²
Upstream area
14 302,5km²
Discharge
119,5m³/s
Mean elev.
261m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Rock Creek250 km²
- Bassin de Rush Creek235 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 68.7 km²65.0% of basin
- Polk29.1 km²27.5% of basin
- 7.9 km²7.4% of basin
6 intersecting protected areas
Scenic
IUCN Not AssignedEasement
3.00 km² overlap
Saint Croix
IUCN VNational Scenic Riverway
1.41 km² overlap
Saint Croix
IUCN VNational Scenic Riverway
0.63 km² overlap
Wild Rose
IUCN VState Wildlife Management Area
0.41 km² overlap
Big Stone County
IUCN VWaterfowl Production Area
0.21 km² overlap
Scenic
IUCN Not AssignedEasement
0.18 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
641 distinct species · 20 170 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 Saint Croix River : 26 espèces reliées par 106 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 15.9%, 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°
5,8°C
Annual rain
761mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,15
Runoff
263mm/an
PET
896mm
AET
644mm
Mean slope
1,0°
Water table
41cm
Forest
65%
Crops
15%
Urban
0%
Protected
25%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)