HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080514040
Bassin de Sandusky 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 : Crawford, Huron, Seneca, Wyandot
Sub-basin area
399,4km²
Upstream area
399,4km²
Discharge
3,34m³/s
Mean elev.
281m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Seneca260.8 km²65.2% of basin
- Crawford97.2 km²24.3% of basin
- Huron36.7 km²9.2% of basin
- 5.2 km²1.3% of basin
6 intersecting protected areas
Willard Marsh
IUCN VWildlife Area
3.71 km² overlap
Reserve Program
0.24 km² overlap
Silver Creek
IUCN VWildlife Area
0.17 km² overlap
Garlo Heritage
IUCN VNature Preserve
0.15 km² overlap
Nature Preserve
0.10 km² overlap
Forrest
IUCN VNature Preserve
0.09 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
483 distinct species · 12 431 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 41 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 Sandusky River : 31 espèces reliées par 82 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 9.5%, 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°
9,6°C
Annual rain
926mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,07
Runoff
266mm/an
PET
1 001mm
AET
761mm
Mean slope
0,6°
Water table
26cm
Forest
3%
Crops
78%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)