HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080462800
Bassin de Fairchild Creek
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 : Brant, Hamilton, Waterloo, Wellington
Sub-basin area
395,8km²
Upstream area
395,8km²
Discharge
2,57m³/s
Mean elev.
247m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 175.6 km²44.3% of basin
- 170.8 km²43.1% of basin
- 45.5 km²11.5% of basin
- 4.6 km²1.2% of basin
6 intersecting protected areas
Conservation Area
2.04 km² overlap
Westover Wetland
IUCN IVConservation Area
0.40 km² overlap
Valens Lake
IUCN VConservation Area
0.20 km² overlap
Amaolo Nature Sanctuary
IUCN IIINGO/Land Trust/Agency - Fee Simple Property
0.16 km² overlap
NGO/Land Trust/Agency - Fee Simple Property
0.08 km² overlap
Beverley Swamp Natural Area
IUCN IaConservation Area
0.04 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 947 distinct species · 184 584 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 36 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 Fairchild Creek : 27 espèces reliées par 63 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 10.0%, 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°
7,4°C
Annual rain
897mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,03
Runoff
205mm/an
PET
868mm
AET
654mm
Mean slope
1,0°
Water table
70cm
Forest
3%
Crops
41%
Urban
5%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)