HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080525930
Bassin de Ohio 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 : Beaver, Columbiana, Hancock, Jefferson
Sub-basin area
158,3km²
Upstream area
60 821,4km²
Discharge
1 136,79m³/s
Mean elev.
324m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 111.1 km²70.1% of basin
- Hancock41.1 km²25.9% of basin
- Beaver5.8 km²3.6% of basin
- Jefferson0.5 km²0.3% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Highlandtown
IUCN VWildlife Area
8.13 km² overlap
Yellow Creek
IUCN VState Forest
0.40 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 207 distinct species · 19 507 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 Ohio River : 29 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 74 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 10.5%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 9 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°
9,8°C
Annual rain
958mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,08
Runoff
483mm/an
PET
1 047mm
AET
781mm
Mean slope
5,3°
Water table
303cm
Forest
85%
Crops
9%
Urban
16%
Protected
1%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)