HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080461660
Bassin de Grand 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 3 administrative regions : Lake Michigan, Muskegon, Ottawa
Sub-basin area
502,8km²
Upstream area
15 206,6km²
Discharge
136,63m³/s
Mean elev.
185m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Crockery Creek401 km²
- Bassin de Grand River278 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Ottawa201.1 km²39.9% of basin
- Lake Michigan195.2 km²38.8% of basin
- 107.4 km²21.3% of basin
30 intersecting protected areas
11-70-0079
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
4.96 km² overlap
Hofma
IUCN VPreserve
1.16 km² overlap
Ferrysburg
IUCN VNature Preserve
1.11 km² overlap
Natural Area Hoffmaster
IUCN VWild Area
1.10 km² overlap
Owashtanong Islands
IUCN VNature Preserve
0.25 km² overlap
Johnson Street
IUCN VWildlife Management Area
0.18 km² overlap
Minnie Skwarek
IUCN VNature Preserve
0.10 km² overlap
97-09-0532
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
0.07 km² overlap
Kimball
IUCN VWildlife Preserve
0.06 km² overlap
21 more protected areassorted by overlap area
03-70-0289-P
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
0.06 km² overlap
05-70-0020-P
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
0.06 km² overlap
DePersia South Highlands
IUCN VNature Preserve
0.05 km² overlap
93-09-0224
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
0.04 km² overlap
Ce-Lcwm
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
0.03 km² overlap
08-70-0049
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
0.03 km² overlap
97-09-0517
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
0.03 km² overlap
04-61-0070-P
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
0.03 km² overlap
04-70-0214-P
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
0.02 km² overlap
00-70-0024-Sc
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
0.02 km² overlap
93-09-0329
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
0.02 km² overlap
05-70-0019-P
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
0.02 km² overlap
05-70-0229-P
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
0.02 km² overlap
98-09-0851
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
0.01 km² overlap
11-70-0151
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
0.01 km² overlap
00-70-0166-P
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
0.01 km² overlap
11-70-0144
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
0.01 km² overlap
01-70-0069-P
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
0.01 km² overlap
09-07-0044v
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
0.01 km² overlap
05-70-0075-P
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
0.00 km² overlap
Kitchel Dunes-McInerney
IUCN VNature Preserve
0.00 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 905 distinct species · 366 164 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 33 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 Grand River : 24 espèces reliées par 57 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 10.8%, 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°
8,7°C
Annual rain
845mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,05
Runoff
271mm/an
PET
894mm
AET
667mm
Mean slope
0,5°
Water table
34cm
Forest
51%
Crops
7%
Urban
11%
Protected
2%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)