HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080567490
Bassin de Cuivre 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 : Lincoln, Saint Charles
Sub-basin area
230km²
Upstream area
3 341,6km²
Discharge
24,61m³/s
Mean elev.
165m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Big Creek456 km²
- Bassin de Cuivre River285 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Lincoln145.1 km²63.0% of basin
- Saint Charles85.1 km²37.0% of basin
7 intersecting protected areas
Us-Mo-68-29
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
1.31 km² overlap
US-MO-68-25 Wetlands
IUCN Not AssignedReserve Program
1.24 km² overlap
Us-Mo-68-27
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
1.17 km² overlap
Cuivre Island
IUCN VConservation Area
1.15 km² overlap
Reserve Program
0.56 km² overlap
Us-Mo-42-27
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
0.34 km² overlap
Old Monroe
IUCN VAccess
0.00 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
741 distinct species · 45 145 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 36 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 Cuivre River : 25 espèces reliées par 78 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 12.4%, 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°
12,3°C
Annual rain
960mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,18
Runoff
222mm/an
PET
1 177mm
AET
811mm
Mean slope
1,3°
Water table
92cm
Forest
14%
Crops
53%
Urban
0%
Protected
1%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)