HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080522010
Bassin de Des Moines 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 : Davis, Jefferson, Van Buren, Wapello
Sub-basin area
457,6km²
Upstream area
36 195,4km²
Discharge
220,96m³/s
Mean elev.
218m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Des Moines River1450 km²
- Bassin de Soap Creek667 km²
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Van BurenIowa · United States317.5 km²69.3% of basin
- JeffersonIowa · United States96.5 km²21.1% of basin
- DavisIowa · United States30.6 km²6.7% of basin
- WapelloIowa · United States13.6 km²3.0% of basin
6 intersecting protected areas
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
436 distinct species · 4 678 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 30 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 Des Moines River : 17 espèces reliées par 141 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 26.7%, 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°
10,5°C
Annual rain
921mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,15
Runoff
253mm/an
PET
1 080mm
AET
779mm
Mean slope
1,4°
Water table
118cm
Forest
17%
Crops
56%
Urban
0%
Protected
1%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)