HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080671640
Bassin de Catawba 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 : Chester, Fairfield, Lancaster
Sub-basin area
136,1km²
Upstream area
11 397km²
Discharge
173,08m³/s
Mean elev.
135m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Rocky Creek518 km²
- Bassin de Camp Creek120 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Lancaster105.0 km²77.2% of basin
- Fairfield30.4 km²22.3% of basin
- Chester0.7 km²0.5% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Wildlife Management Area
7.60 km² overlap
Wildlife Management Area Other
1.95 km² overlap
Wildlife Management Area
1.02 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
237 distinct species · 2 002 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 Catawba River : 28 espèces reliées par 81 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 10.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 12 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°
16,0°C
Annual rain
1 166mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,12
Runoff
357mm/an
PET
1 328mm
AET
965mm
Mean slope
3,0°
Water table
164cm
Forest
99%
Crops
5%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)