HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080450290
Bassin · #7080450290
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 across 2 countries : Lake Ontario
Sub-basin area
18,3km²
Upstream area
710 354,6km²
Discharge
6 669,78m³/s
Mean elev.
73m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Erie Canal653 km²
- Bassin de Salem Creek507 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Lake OntarioNew York · United States18.1 km²98.5% of basin
- 0.3 km²1.5% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 distinct species · 3 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Not enough documented interactions to build a meaningful graph for this territory.
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
8,0°C
Annual rain
853mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,04
Runoff
456mm/an
PET
892mm
AET
646mm
Mean slope
0,0°
Water table
0cm
Forest
0%
Crops
58%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)