HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080433040
Bassin de West Branch Muskegon 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 : Crawford, Kalkaska, Missaukee, Roscommon
Sub-basin area
1 098,3km²
Upstream area
1 098,4km²
Discharge
8,42m³/s
Mean elev.
361m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 636.2 km²57.8% of basin
- 451.8 km²41.1% of basin
- Crawford12.3 km²1.1% of basin
- 0.2 km²0.0% of basin
27 intersecting protected areas
State Forest
230.37 km² overlap
State Forest
129.15 km² overlap
Natural Area
46.73 km² overlap
Research Area
38.59 km² overlap
Backus Creek State Game
IUCN VWildlife Habitat Management Area
13.83 km² overlap
State Forest
8.86 km² overlap
State Wildlife Management Area
6.96 km² overlap
Backus Lake Flooding
IUCN VState Wildlife Management Area
6.71 km² overlap
Dead Stream Flooding
IUCN VState Wildlife Management Area
4.15 km² overlap
18 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Denton Creek Flooding
IUCN VState Wildlife Management Area
3.25 km² overlap
Reserve Program
1.07 km² overlap
12-72-0004
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
0.97 km² overlap
Game Area
0.63 km² overlap
State Wildlife Area
0.30 km² overlap
Farm Service Agency Interest Of Mi
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
0.29 km² overlap
State Forest
0.28 km² overlap
University of Michigan
IUCN VEducation Center
0.24 km² overlap
01-72-0008
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
0.14 km² overlap
94-07-0073
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
0.04 km² overlap
99-07-0123
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
0.01 km² overlap
95-07-0115
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
0.01 km² overlap
01-72-0034
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
0.01 km² overlap
03-72-0010
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
0.01 km² overlap
03-72-0009
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
0.00 km² overlap
04-72-0068
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
0.00 km² overlap
05-72-0010
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
0.00 km² overlap
06-72-0064
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
0.00 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 785 distinct species · 164 466 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 28 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 West Branch Muskegon River : 19 espèces reliées par 52 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 13.8%, 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°
6,0°C
Annual rain
764mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,16
Runoff
230mm/an
PET
904mm
AET
642mm
Mean slope
0,8°
Water table
69cm
Forest
82%
Crops
4%
Urban
0%
Protected
7%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)