HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080526290
Bassin de Middle Brook, Western Branch
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 2 administrative regions : Middlesex, Somerset
Sub-basin area
62,2km²
Upstream area
2 083,3km²
Discharge
42,82m³/s
Mean elev.
84m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Somerset62.2 km²99.9% of basin
- Middlesex0.1 km²0.1% of basin
7 intersecting protected areas
Njcf #023 / 642
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
0.41 km² overlap
2nd Watchung Mountain
IUCN VPreserve
0.27 km² overlap
Collins
IUCN VPreserve
0.12 km² overlap
Washington Cedars
IUCN VWooded Lot
0.07 km² overlap
Conservation Area
IUCN VConservation Area
0.06 km² overlap
2nd Watchung Mountain
IUCN VWooded Lot
0.01 km² overlap
Washington Pass
IUCN VWooded Lot
0.01 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 238 distinct species · 145 672 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 42 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 Middle Brook, Western Branch : 29 espèces reliées par 139 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 14.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 15 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°
10,6°C
Annual rain
1 209mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,12
Runoff
673mm/an
PET
1 059mm
AET
864mm
Mean slope
3,3°
Water table
241cm
Forest
55%
Crops
3%
Urban
72%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)