HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080562210
Bassin de Kansas 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 : Jackson, Pottawatomie, Shawnee, Wabaunsee
Sub-basin area
371,5km²
Upstream area
144 260,7km²
Discharge
221,02m³/s
Mean elev.
321m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Vermillion Creek1366 km²
- Bassin de Kansas River420 km²
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 184.4 km²49.6% of basin
- 158.9 km²42.7% of basin
- 25.8 km²6.9% of basin
- Jackson2.8 km²0.8% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Grasslands Reserve Program (GRP)
IUCN Not AssignedReserve Program
4.11 km² overlap
Reserve Program
4.11 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
570 distinct species · 24 233 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 31 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 Kansas River : 23 espèces reliées par 68 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 14.6%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 8 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°
12,4°C
Annual rain
884mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,24
Runoff
201mm/an
PET
1 171mm
AET
749mm
Mean slope
1,4°
Water table
149cm
Forest
3%
Crops
41%
Urban
0%
Protected
9%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)