HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080527290
Bassin de Tuscarora Creek
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 5 administrative regions : Franklin, Huntingdon, Juniata, Mifflin, Perry
Sub-basin area
701,5km²
Upstream area
701,7km²
Discharge
9,68m³/s
Mean elev.
314m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
5 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 455.6 km²64.9% of basin
- 102.5 km²14.6% of basin
- Franklin63.4 km²9.0% of basin
- Perry57.3 km²8.2% of basin
- 23.5 km²3.3% of basin
7 intersecting protected areas
Brady Bryner
IUCN VPreserve
1.04 km² overlap
Central PA Conservancy
IUCN VEasement
0.17 km² overlap
Reserve Program
0.17 km² overlap
Reserve Program
0.09 km² overlap
The Hemlocks
IUCN VINatural Area
0.08 km² overlap
Big Spring
IUCN IIIState Park
0.00 km² overlap
Tuscarora
IUCN VIWild Area
0.00 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 184 distinct species · 101 434 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 37 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 Tuscarora Creek : 27 espèces reliées par 68 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 10.2%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 10 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°
10,0°C
Annual rain
1 021mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,01
Runoff
444mm/an
PET
1 026mm
AET
788mm
Mean slope
8,3°
Water table
398cm
Forest
100%
Crops
16%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)