HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080422050
Bassin de Saranac 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 4 administrative regions : Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Grand Isle
Sub-basin area
1 930,4km²
Upstream area
1 930,5km²
Discharge
36,16m³/s
Mean elev.
433m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- ClintonNew York · United States866.4 km²44.8% of basin
- FranklinNew York · United States824.4 km²42.6% of basin
- EssexNew York · United States243.6 km²12.6% of basin
- 0.1 km²0.0% of basin
26 intersecting protected areas
Saranac Lakes
IUCN IbWild Forest
219.23 km² overlap
Taylor Pond
IUCN IbWild Forest
111.15 km² overlap
McKenzie Mountain
IUCN IbWilderness
109.46 km² overlap
Debar Mountain
IUCN VWild Forest
82.89 km² overlap
High Peaks
IUCN IbWilderness
82.45 km² overlap
Chazy Highlands
IUCN IbWild Forest
74.07 km² overlap
Lower Saranac
IUCN VLake
8.85 km² overlap
Terry Mountain
IUCN IbState Forest
8.46 km² overlap
Wilmington
IUCN IbWild Forest
7.15 km² overlap
17 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Union Falls
IUCN VPond
6.11 km² overlap
New York
IUCN VState Lands
5.48 km² overlap
Macomb Reservation
IUCN IbState Forest
4.28 km² overlap
Lake Clear
IUCN VState Conservation Area
4.04 km² overlap
Valcour Island
IUCN IbPrimitive Area
2.22 km² overlap
Chazy Highlands
IUCN IbState Forest
1.64 km² overlap
Buck Pond Campground
IUCN VCampground
1.22 km² overlap
Adirondack Mountains Fee
IUCN VPrivate Conservation Land
0.57 km² overlap
Camp Gabriels
IUCN VState Conservation Area
0.37 km² overlap
Adirondack
IUCN VFish Hatchery
0.30 km² overlap
Black River
IUCN VWild Forest
0.12 km² overlap
Lake
0.06 km² overlap
Lake
0.03 km² overlap
Imperial Mills Dam
IUCN VState Wildlife Management Area
0.03 km² overlap
Lake Colby Environme
IUCN VState Forest Preserve
0.01 km² overlap
Meadowbrook Campground
IUCN VCampground
0.00 km² overlap
Saranac Lakes
IUCN VILake
0.00 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 205 distinct species · 234 786 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 41 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 Saranac River : 33 espèces reliées par 87 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 10.1%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 9 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°
5,1°C
Annual rain
951mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,11
Runoff
624mm/an
PET
837mm
AET
671mm
Mean slope
4,4°
Water table
230cm
Forest
87%
Crops
3%
Urban
1%
Protected
37%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)