HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080567650
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 5 administrative regions : Jackson, Meigs, Roane, Wirt, Wood
Sub-basin area
545,8km²
Upstream area
102 762,1km²
Discharge
1 673,75m³/s
Mean elev.
243m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de West Branch Shade River543 km²
- Bassin de Woodyards Run336 km²
5 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Jackson411.8 km²75.4% of basin
- 108.3 km²19.8% of basin
- 12.9 km²2.4% of basin
- Roane9.7 km²1.8% of basin
- Wood3.5 km²0.6% of basin
5 intersecting protected areas
Frozen Camp
IUCN VWildlife Management Area
8.34 km² overlap
Ohio River Islands
IUCN IVNational Wildlife Refuge
1.02 km² overlap
Turkey Run Lake
IUCN VWildlife Management Area
0.28 km² overlap
Ohio River Access - Old Town Creek
IUCN Not AssignedWildlife Area
0.13 km² overlap
Ohio River Lock & Dam 21
IUCN VWildlife Area
0.04 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
592 distinct species · 8 024 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 42 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 : 36 espèces reliées par 83 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 9.6%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 6 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°
11,6°C
Annual rain
1 091mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,06
Runoff
346mm/an
PET
1 157mm
AET
867mm
Mean slope
6,9°
Water table
287cm
Forest
94%
Crops
15%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)