HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080604560
Bassin de New 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 : Craig, Giles, Montgomery, Pulaski, Radford
Sub-basin area
879,1km²
Upstream area
7 871,1km²
Discharge
139,43m³/s
Mean elev.
684m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Little River885 km²
- Bassin de New River456 km²
5 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Montgomery281.9 km²32.1% of basin
- Giles250.9 km²28.5% of basin
- Pulaski210.0 km²23.9% of basin
- Craig108.8 km²12.4% of basin
- 28.0 km²3.2% of basin
5 intersecting protected areas
Mountain Lake
IUCN IbWilderness
4.96 km² overlap
Reserve Program
0.28 km² overlap
Mon-Vof-3988
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
0.25 km² overlap
J-484-35
IUCN Not AssignedSCENIC EASEMENT
0.13 km² overlap
Clover Hollow
IUCN VState Natural Area Preserve
0.10 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
6 703 distinct species · 1 194 276 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 29 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 New River : 19 espèces reliées par 67 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 15.4%, 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°
10,9°C
Annual rain
988mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,13
Runoff
482mm/an
PET
1 136mm
AET
820mm
Mean slope
7,0°
Water table
355cm
Forest
74%
Crops
20%
Urban
8%
Protected
1%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)