HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080465330
Bassin de Erie Canal
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 : Ontario, Seneca, Wayne
Sub-basin area
314,6km²
Upstream area
2 270,3km²
Discharge
32,82m³/s
Mean elev.
135m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Canandaigua Outlet1152 km²
- Bassin de Mud Creek804 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- WayneNew York · United States203.6 km²64.6% of basin
- SenecaNew York · United States109.8 km²34.8% of basin
- OntarioNew York · United States1.8 km²0.6% of basin
9 intersecting protected areas
Montezuma
IUCN VNational Wildlife Refuge
16.94 km² overlap
Galen
IUCN VWildlife Management Area
3.09 km² overlap
Reserve Program
0.79 km² overlap
Montezuma Marshes Nnl
IUCN IIINATIONAL NATURAL LANDMARK
0.61 km² overlap
Junius Pond
IUCN VUnique Area
0.43 km² overlap
New York
IUCN VState Lands
0.17 km² overlap
Reserve Program
0.13 km² overlap
Conservation Easement
0.08 km² overlap
Beech-Maple Knoll Rna
IUCN IaResearch Natural Area
0.03 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 223 distinct species · 441 872 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 32 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 Erie Canal : 22 espèces reliées par 75 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 14.2%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 11 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
893mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,03
Runoff
525mm/an
PET
918mm
AET
692mm
Mean slope
1,6°
Water table
52cm
Forest
59%
Crops
33%
Urban
0%
Protected
5%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)