HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080563180
Bassin de West Branch Shade 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 : Athens, Meigs
Sub-basin area
542,5km²
Upstream area
542,6km²
Discharge
5,57m³/s
Mean elev.
245m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 346.0 km²63.7% of basin
- 197.0 km²36.3% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Shade River
IUCN VState Forest
0.74 km² overlap
Desonier Dedicated
IUCN VNature Preserve
0.40 km² overlap
Ohio River Access - Shade River
IUCN Not AssignedWildlife Area
0.12 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
969 distinct species · 8 719 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 38 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 West Branch Shade River : 28 espèces reliées par 91 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 12.3%, 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°
11,3°C
Annual rain
1 042mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,08
Runoff
324mm/an
PET
1 137mm
AET
847mm
Mean slope
4,4°
Water table
207cm
Forest
100%
Crops
13%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)