HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080438040
Bassin de Des Moines 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 2 administrative regions : Lyon, Murray
Sub-basin area
351,1km²
Upstream area
351,1km²
Discharge
1,88m³/s
Mean elev.
480m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Murray291.1 km²82.7% of basin
- Lyon60.7 km²17.3% of basin
27 intersecting protected areas
Murray County
IUCN VIWaterfowl Production Area
5.16 km² overlap
Martin County
IUCN VWaterfowl Production Area
2.78 km² overlap
Lake Maria
IUCN VState Wildlife Management Area
2.70 km² overlap
Easement
1.07 km² overlap
Lake Yankton
IUCN VState Wildlife Management Area
0.96 km² overlap
Hjermstad
IUCN VState Wildlife Management Area
0.94 km² overlap
Nelson
IUCN VState Wildlife Management Area
0.81 km² overlap
Shetek
IUCN VState Wildlife Management Area
0.67 km² overlap
Sarah-Mason
IUCN VState Wildlife Management Area
0.49 km² overlap
18 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Reserve Program
0.37 km² overlap
Garvin
IUCN VState Wildlife Management Area
0.33 km² overlap
Reserve Program
0.25 km² overlap
Ellsborough
IUCN VState Wildlife Management Area
0.24 km² overlap
Permanent
IUCN VWetland Preserve
0.23 km² overlap
Buttermilk Run
IUCN VState Wildlife Management Area
0.23 km² overlap
Iron Lake
IUCN VState Wildlife Management Area
0.22 km² overlap
Skandia
IUCN VState Wildlife Management Area
0.16 km² overlap
Giese
IUCN VState Wildlife Management Area
0.15 km² overlap
Bergman
IUCN VState Wildlife Management Area
0.14 km² overlap
National Wildlife Refuge
0.13 km² overlap
Aquatic Management Area
0.11 km² overlap
Big Stone County
IUCN VWaterfowl Production Area
0.10 km² overlap
Reinhold
IUCN VState Wildlife Management Area
0.09 km² overlap
Elder
IUCN VState Wildlife Management Area
0.08 km² overlap
Current
IUCN VState Wildlife Management Area
0.05 km² overlap
Beaver Creek
IUCN VState Wildlife Management Area
0.03 km² overlap
Shetek Lake FMA (Murray)
IUCN VLake
0.02 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
651 distinct species · 13 988 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 40 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 Des Moines River : 34 espèces reliées par 75 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 9.6%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 6 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
667mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,28
Runoff
163mm/an
PET
932mm
AET
568mm
Mean slope
0,8°
Water table
56cm
Forest
9%
Crops
76%
Urban
0%
Protected
4%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)