HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080474330
Bassin de Kalamazoo 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 : Allegan, Kalamazoo, Van Buren
Sub-basin area
789,8km²
Upstream area
4 747km²
Discharge
38,47m³/s
Mean elev.
230m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Kalamazoo River1190 km²
- Bassin de Gun River301 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 574.5 km²72.6% of basin
- 133.9 km²16.9% of basin
- Van Buren82.7 km²10.5% of basin
9 intersecting protected areas
Allegan State
IUCN VGame Area
125.91 km² overlap
Natural Area
0.64 km² overlap
Sand Creek
IUCN VPreserve
0.47 km² overlap
07-80-0032-v
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
0.30 km² overlap
Reserve Program
0.12 km² overlap
Mildred Harris
IUCN VSanctuary
0.09 km² overlap
Consumers Power Prairie
IUCN VNature Preserve
0.05 km² overlap
93-12-0588
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
0.02 km² overlap
11-03-0029
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
0.02 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 649 distinct species · 198 007 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 34 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 Kalamazoo River : 26 espèces reliées par 63 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 10.6%, 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°
8,6°C
Annual rain
942mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,02
Runoff
273mm/an
PET
960mm
AET
730mm
Mean slope
1,3°
Water table
98cm
Forest
54%
Crops
29%
Urban
3%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)