HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080609610
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 3 administrative regions : Livingston, Massac, Pope
Sub-basin area
291,3km²
Upstream area
372 131,6km²
Discharge
4 985,45m³/s
Mean elev.
139m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Bay Creek617 km²
- Bassin de Ohio River62 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Livingston161.8 km²55.5% of basin
- 116.1 km²39.9% of basin
- 13.4 km²4.6% of basin
6 intersecting protected areas
Livingston County Reynolds Metals
IUCN Not AssignedNature Preserve
2.61 km² overlap
Cretaceous Hills
IUCN VState Natural Area
2.07 km² overlap
Livingston County Wildlife Management Area - tract A
IUCN Not AssignedWildlife Management Area
1.42 km² overlap
Golconda Marina State
IUCN Not AssignedRecreation Area
0.90 km² overlap
Wildlife Management Area
0.68 km² overlap
Conservation Easement
0.51 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
628 distinct species · 2 978 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 38 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 : 29 espèces reliées par 79 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 10.7%, 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°
13,7°C
Annual rain
1 235mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,03
Runoff
408mm/an
PET
1 200mm
AET
924mm
Mean slope
2,3°
Water table
157cm
Forest
50%
Crops
32%
Urban
0%
Protected
17%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)