HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080599260
Bassin de Big Muddy 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 : Jackson, Union
Sub-basin area
602,4km²
Upstream area
6 123,5km²
Discharge
60,86m³/s
Mean elev.
155m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Beaucoup Creek1478 km²
- Bassin de Big Muddy River57 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Jackson539.8 km²89.6% of basin
- Union62.9 km²10.4% of basin
8 intersecting protected areas
La Rue-Pine Hills
IUCN IIIScenic Area
7.13 km² overlap
Larue-Pine Hills
IUCN IIINational Natural Landmark
7.13 km² overlap
Larue-Pine Hills/Otter Pine
IUCN IaResearch Natural Area
7.13 km² overlap
Clear Springs
IUCN IbWilderness
7.07 km² overlap
Reserve Program
4.32 km² overlap
United States Of America
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
3.58 km² overlap
Reserve Program
1.93 km² overlap
Reserve Program
1.24 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 839 distinct species · 198 991 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 35 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 Big Muddy River : 25 espèces reliées par 68 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 11.4%, 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°
13,1°C
Annual rain
1 140mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,04
Runoff
348mm/an
PET
1 190mm
AET
893mm
Mean slope
2,6°
Water table
168cm
Forest
64%
Crops
29%
Urban
1%
Protected
34%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)