HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080546590
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 2 administrative regions : Marshall, Monroe
Sub-basin area
48,8km²
Upstream area
66 481,3km²
Discharge
1 234,31m³/s
Mean elev.
320m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de WV Fork Fish Creek638 km²
- Bassin de Ohio River26 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Monroe26.5 km²54.2% of basin
- Marshall22.4 km²45.8% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Wildlife Area
4.49 km² overlap
Sunfish Creek
IUCN VState Forest
2.27 km² overlap
Ohio River Islands
IUCN IVNational Wildlife Refuge
0.04 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
287 distinct species · 1 082 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 44 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 : 34 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 94 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 9.5%, 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°
10,4°C
Annual rain
1 078mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,01
Runoff
416mm/an
PET
1 093mm
AET
849mm
Mean slope
9,1°
Water table
389cm
Forest
100%
Crops
13%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)