HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080398220
Bassin de Rivière Yamaska
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 7 administrative regions : Brome-Missisquoi, La Haute-Yamaska, Le Haut-Richelieu, Le Val-Saint-François, Les Maskoutains +2
Sub-basin area
1 655km²
Upstream area
1 655km²
Discharge
39,14m³/s
Mean elev.
159m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
7 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 721.1 km²43.5% of basin
- 468.1 km²28.2% of basin
- 275.6 km²16.6% of basin
- 78.2 km²4.7% of basin
- 59.6 km²3.6% of basin
- 53.0 km²3.2% of basin
- 3.2 km²0.2% of basin
30 intersecting protected areas
Recognized nature reserve
15.80 km² overlap
Quebec's national park
13.44 km² overlap
Natural Area Under Private Stewardship
4.43 km² overlap
Recognized nature reserve
3.71 km² overlap
Parc-Scientifique-Bromont Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedRecognized nature reserve
2.02 km² overlap
Water fowl gathering area
1.63 km² overlap
Canton-de-Shefford Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedRecognized nature reserve
1.45 km² overlap
Granby Natural reserve
IUCN Not ReportedRecognized nature reserve
1.24 km² overlap
Quilliams-Durrull Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedRecognized nature reserve
0.81 km² overlap
21 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Paruline-à-Ailes-Dorées Nature reserve
IUCN Not ReportedRecognized nature reserve
0.69 km² overlap
Montagnes-Vertes (Sec. CNQ / Par. Prod.ForestierPaulBeloin, PaulBeloin Phase2) Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedRecognized nature reserve
0.62 km² overlap
Price Woods Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedRecognized nature reserve
0.57 km² overlap
David-Schwartz Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedRecognized nature reserve
0.46 km² overlap
Recognized nature reserve
0.43 km² overlap
Hank-Rotherham Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedRecognized nature reserve
0.43 km² overlap
Aigle-Blanc Natural reserve
IUCN Not ReportedRecognized nature reserve
0.37 km² overlap
Recognized nature reserve
0.36 km² overlap
Boisé-Fisher-Woods Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedRecognized nature reserve
0.32 km² overlap
Natural Area Under Private Stewardship
0.29 km² overlap
Recognized nature reserve
0.24 km² overlap
Annemarie-Zeiss-Kunerth Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedRecognized nature reserve
0.23 km² overlap
Natural Area Under Private Stewardship
0.19 km² overlap
chemin du Grand-Bois Natural Area Under Private Stewardship
IUCN Not ReportedNatural Area Under Private Stewardship
0.17 km² overlap
Recognized nature reserve
0.12 km² overlap
Deborah-Stairs Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedRecognized nature reserve
0.11 km² overlap
Recognized nature reserve
0.10 km² overlap
Natural Area Under Private Stewardship
0.10 km² overlap
Natural Area Under Private Stewardship
0.08 km² overlap
Barbara-Burrowes-Buchanan Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedRecognized nature reserve
0.08 km² overlap
Edgar-Morier Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedRecognized nature reserve
0.08 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 906 distinct species · 1 142 087 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 34 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 Yamaska : 24 espèces reliées par 71 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 12.7%, 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°
5,6°C
Annual rain
1 029mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,19
Runoff
733mm/an
PET
833mm
AET
682mm
Mean slope
2,4°
Water table
106cm
Forest
79%
Crops
28%
Urban
3%
Protected
2%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)