HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080492110
Bassin de Elk 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 : Carroll, Clinton, Jackson
Sub-basin area
221,6km²
Upstream area
221,6km²
Discharge
1,91m³/s
Mean elev.
230m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- ClintonIowa · United States157.2 km²70.8% of basin
- JacksonIowa · United States61.8 km²27.9% of basin
- Carroll2.9 km²1.3% of basin
6 intersecting protected areas
Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
11.69 km² overlap
Refuge
9.27 km² overlap
Ms Rv Pools 11-22
IUCN VRecreation Area
0.61 km² overlap
Reserve Program
0.36 km² overlap
Wildlife And Fish Refuge
0.17 km² overlap
Wildlife And Fish Refuge
0.03 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
515 distinct species · 3 505 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 44 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 Elk River : 38 espèces reliées par 74 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 7.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 6 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°
8,8°C
Annual rain
895mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,09
Runoff
273mm/an
PET
984mm
AET
755mm
Mean slope
1,9°
Water table
132cm
Forest
1%
Crops
67%
Urban
0%
Protected
1%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)