HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080736350
Bassin de Big Creek
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 : Avoyelles, Catahoula, La Salle, Rapides
Sub-basin area
583,2km²
Upstream area
583,2km²
Discharge
12,78m³/s
Mean elev.
24m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 246.6 km²42.3% of basin
- 130.1 km²22.3% of basin
- 113.9 km²19.5% of basin
- La Salle92.2 km²15.8% of basin
5 intersecting protected areas
Reserve Program
10.29 km² overlap
Reserve Program
7.01 km² overlap
Saline Bayou
IUCN VState Wild or Scenic River
2.60 km² overlap
Us-La-42-15
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
2.12 km² overlap
Conservation Easement
0.06 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
411 distinct species · 2 338 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 44 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 Creek : 34 espèces reliées par 85 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 8.2%, 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°
18,7°C
Annual rain
1 470mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,03
Runoff
691mm/an
PET
1 429mm
AET
1 107mm
Mean slope
0,5°
Water table
20cm
Forest
62%
Crops
19%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)