HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080680380
Bassin de Broad 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 4 administrative regions : Elbert, Franklin, Hart, Madison
Sub-basin area
434,3km²
Upstream area
2 024,8km²
Discharge
33,85m³/s
Mean elev.
208m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Hudson River797 km²
- Bassin de Rice Creek58 km²
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Madison297.0 km²68.4% of basin
- 116.8 km²26.9% of basin
- 13.7 km²3.2% of basin
- Franklin6.6 km²1.5% of basin
5 intersecting protected areas
Broad River
IUCN VNatural Area
1.75 km² overlap
Atlantic Coast Conservancy/Pelican Coast Conservancy Conservation Easement E201342A
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
0.90 km² overlap
Watson Mill Bridge
IUCN IIIState Park
0.12 km² overlap
Kemph (28)
IUCN Not AssignedWildlife Sanctuary
0.10 km² overlap
Farm Service Agency Interest Of Ga
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
0.09 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
925 distinct species · 14 143 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 Broad River : 23 espèces reliées par 82 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 13.8%, 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 264mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,06
Runoff
445mm/an
PET
1 343mm
AET
982mm
Mean slope
2,1°
Water table
120cm
Forest
92%
Crops
28%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)