HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080475760
Bassin de East Branch Pecatonica 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 4 administrative regions : Dane, Green, Iowa, Lafayette
Sub-basin area
1 081,1km²
Upstream area
1 081,1km²
Discharge
9,62m³/s
Mean elev.
310m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Iowa460.1 km²42.5% of basin
- Lafayette307.3 km²28.4% of basin
- Green189.6 km²17.5% of basin
- 126.0 km²11.6% of basin
26 intersecting protected areas
Yellowstone
IUCN VWildlife Area
17.07 km² overlap
Private Conservation Land
7.52 km² overlap
Watershed Protection
2.09 km² overlap
Stream Bank Easement Program
IUCN Not AssignedEasement
1.07 km² overlap
Natural Area - Dedication
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
1.06 km² overlap
Conservation Area
0.96 km² overlap
Rem-Conley Smith Creek
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
0.52 km² overlap
Rem-Gordon Creek
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
0.42 km² overlap
Everham (Hollandale)
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
0.41 km² overlap
17 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Big Hill
IUCN Not AssignedEasement
0.32 km² overlap
Natural Heritage Land Trust Easement #
IUCN Not AssignedEasement
0.30 km² overlap
Reserve Program
0.15 km² overlap
Goplin
IUCN Not AssignedEasement
0.14 km² overlap
Farm Service Agency Interest Of Wi
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
0.12 km² overlap
German Valley Branch
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
0.09 km² overlap
Dane County
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
0.09 km² overlap
Rem-Dodge Branch
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
0.08 km² overlap
Stream Bank Protection Fee Program
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Area
0.07 km² overlap
Stream Bank Protection Fee Program
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
0.07 km² overlap
Rem-E Branch Pecatonica River
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
0.06 km² overlap
Rem-Dougherty Creek
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
0.04 km² overlap
Blue Mounds Branch
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
0.03 km² overlap
Reserve Program
0.03 km² overlap
Rem-Cannon Branch
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
0.02 km² overlap
Rem-Cannon Creek
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
0.01 km² overlap
Yellowstone Lake
IUCN Not AssignedState Park
0.01 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 588 distinct species · 249 293 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 38 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 East Branch Pecatonica River : 23 espèces reliées par 96 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 13.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 16 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°
7,6°C
Annual rain
859mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,09
Runoff
286mm/an
PET
949mm
AET
725mm
Mean slope
3,1°
Water table
171cm
Forest
22%
Crops
42%
Urban
0%
Protected
3%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)