HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080489890
Bassin de Detroit 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 8 administrative regions across 2 countries : Essex, Lake Erie, Lake St. Clair, Macomb, Oakland +2
Sub-basin area
2 686,8km²
Upstream area
595 299,8km²
Discharge
9 278,66m³/s
Mean elev.
222m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Jeannettes Creek1693 km²
- Bassin · #7080481800205 km²
8 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Wayne1220.3 km²45.3% of basin
- 848.5 km²31.5% of basin
- 461.2 km²17.1% of basin
- 66.0 km²2.5% of basin
- 61.8 km²2.3% of basin
- 20.4 km²0.8% of basin
- 8.4 km²0.3% of basin
- 4.6 km²0.2% of basin
30 intersecting protected areas
Marine Protected Area
8.12 km² overlap
Detroit River International
IUCN IVWildlife Refuge
6.02 km² overlap
Wildlife Refuge
2.12 km² overlap
Pointe Mouillee
IUCN VWildlife Reserve
1.64 km² overlap
LeFurge Woods
IUCN VNature Preserve
1.03 km² overlap
Timberland Swamp
IUCN VNature Preserve
1.01 km² overlap
Rotary Park and
IUCN VNature Preserve
0.79 km² overlap
Provincial Park
0.65 km² overlap
Kosch Headwaters
IUCN VPreserve
0.63 km² overlap
21 more protected areassorted by overlap area
West Bloomfield
IUCN VNature Preserve
0.59 km² overlap
07-82-0174
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
0.54 km² overlap
Bicentennial Park &
IUCN VNature Preserve
0.54 km² overlap
Meyer Perserve West
IUCN VNature Preserve
0.52 km² overlap
Jack R. Smiley
IUCN VNature Preserve
0.47 km² overlap
Garfield Road
IUCN VConservation Area
0.43 km² overlap
Natural Area Proud Lake Nature Study Area
IUCN Not AssignedLake
0.42 km² overlap
91-14-1298
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
0.39 km² overlap
04-63-0222
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
0.38 km² overlap
12-82-0035
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
0.38 km² overlap
Weatherbee Woods
IUCN VPreserve
0.34 km² overlap
Brownstown Prairie
IUCN VState Wildlife Area
0.34 km² overlap
Helman
IUCN VNature Preserve
0.31 km² overlap
07-63-0063
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
0.30 km² overlap
94-10-1066
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
0.29 km² overlap
96-10-1018
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
0.24 km² overlap
92-14-0457
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
0.21 km² overlap
Orchard Lake
IUCN VNature Sanctuary
0.21 km² overlap
00-00-0051
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
0.20 km² overlap
98-10-1070
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
0.20 km² overlap
10-82-0040
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
0.20 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
9 499 distinct species · 2 709 596 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 35 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 Detroit River : 27 espèces reliées par 70 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 11.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 8 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°
9,2°C
Annual rain
808mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,14
Runoff
196mm/an
PET
939mm
AET
674mm
Mean slope
0,6°
Water table
36cm
Forest
12%
Crops
8%
Urban
70%
Protected
1%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)