HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080432140
Bassin de Buffalo 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 6 administrative regions : Buffalo, Eau Claire, Jackson, Pepin, Trempealeau +1
Sub-basin area
1 457,7km²
Upstream area
148 077,3km²
Discharge
925,89m³/s
Mean elev.
296m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Eau Galle River1286 km²
- Bassin de Wells Creek597 km²
6 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Buffalo854.6 km²58.5% of basin
- 285.2 km²19.5% of basin
- 119.4 km²8.2% of basin
- Jackson117.8 km²8.1% of basin
- 44.5 km²3.0% of basin
- 39.2 km²2.7% of basin
20 intersecting protected areas
Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
53.98 km² overlap
Wildlife And Fish Refuge
24.79 km² overlap
Tiffany Wildlife Area 7
IUCN VWildlife Area
15.44 km² overlap
Wildlife And Fish Refuge
5.80 km² overlap
Scattered Wildlife
IUCN VWildlife Area
1.26 km² overlap
Refuge
1.11 km² overlap
Big Swamp
IUCN VWildlife Area
0.90 km² overlap
Private Conservation Land
0.68 km² overlap
Pool 4
IUCN VState Wildlife Management Area
0.55 km² overlap
11 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Rem-Buffalo River
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
0.51 km² overlap
Stream Bank Easement Program
IUCN Not AssignedEasement
0.45 km² overlap
Reserve Program
0.40 km² overlap
Rem-Pine Creek
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
0.28 km² overlap
Reserve Program
0.15 km² overlap
Lindebo (Trempeleau)
IUCN Not AssignedWildlife Sanctuary
0.11 km² overlap
Statewide Habitat Areas
IUCN VHabitat Area
0.08 km² overlap
Rem-King Creek
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
0.07 km² overlap
Farm Service Agency Interest Of Wi
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
0.07 km² overlap
Borst Valley
IUCN VWildlife Area
0.04 km² overlap
Rem-Mississippi River Public Acc
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
0.00 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 467 distinct species · 47 202 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 43 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 Buffalo River : 35 espèces reliées par 81 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 9.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 8 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°
6,6°C
Annual rain
825mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,12
Runoff
287mm/an
PET
933mm
AET
698mm
Mean slope
4,7°
Water table
176cm
Forest
47%
Crops
35%
Urban
0%
Protected
5%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)