HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080567850
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
284,9km²
Upstream area
2 655,2km²
Discharge
19,76m³/s
Mean elev.
179m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Lincoln285.1 km²100.0% of basin
- Saint Charles0.0 km²0.0% of basin
5 intersecting protected areas
Cuivre River
IUCN IIIState Park
17.69 km² overlap
Lincoln Hills
IUCN VNatural Area
7.70 km² overlap
State Conservation Area or Park
0.63 km² overlap
Big Sugar Creek
IUCN VNatural Area
0.22 km² overlap
Natural Area
0.15 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 311 distinct species · 66 081 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 41 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 : 32 espèces reliées par 76 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 8.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 10 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°
12,2°C
Annual rain
963mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,18
Runoff
221mm/an
PET
1 177mm
AET
814mm
Mean slope
1,6°
Water table
115cm
Forest
23%
Crops
48%
Urban
7%
Protected
9%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)