HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080531210
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 3 administrative regions : Clark, Lee, Van Buren
Sub-basin area
1 176,6km²
Upstream area
37 700,7km²
Discharge
233,12m³/s
Mean elev.
204m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Des Moines River458 km²
- Bassin de Chequest Creek328 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Van BurenIowa · United States495.7 km²42.1% of basin
- LeeIowa · United States478.4 km²40.6% of basin
- Clark203.9 km²17.3% of basin
17 intersecting protected areas
Lake Sugema
IUCN VWildlife Management Area
15.84 km² overlap
Frost Island
IUCN VConservation Area
5.06 km² overlap
Reserve Program
3.75 km² overlap
Watershed Protection
1.44 km² overlap
Battle Of Athens
IUCN IIIState Historic Site
1.38 km² overlap
Lindsey
IUCN VWilderness Area
0.81 km² overlap
Turkey Run
IUCN VWildlife Area
0.67 km² overlap
Amborn-Pagin
IUCN VWildlife Area
0.55 km² overlap
Reserve Program
0.47 km² overlap
8 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Sugar Creek Bottoms
IUCN VLocal Conservation Area
0.43 km² overlap
Reserve Program
0.29 km² overlap
Bentonsport Timber
IUCN VLocal Conservation Area
0.24 km² overlap
Reserve Program
0.23 km² overlap
Reno Timber
IUCN VLocal Conservation Area
0.23 km² overlap
Des Moines River Ravines
IUCN VNatural Area
0.18 km² overlap
White Timber
IUCN VLocal Conservation Area
0.04 km² overlap
Fort Pike
IUCN VAccess
0.01 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 448 distinct species · 61 413 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 32 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 : 22 espèces reliées par 68 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 12.9%, 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°
10,6°C
Annual rain
949mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,11
Runoff
245mm/an
PET
1 069mm
AET
802mm
Mean slope
1,3°
Water table
110cm
Forest
30%
Crops
54%
Urban
0%
Protected
2%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)