HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080040810
Bassin de Ковда
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 2 administrative regions : Kandalaksha gorsovet, Water body
Sub-basin area
270,4km²
Upstream area
10 344,3km²
Discharge
93,79m³/s
Mean elev.
45m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
Outlet (drains to ocean / endorheic)
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Толванд931 km²
- Bassin de Иова155 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Kandalaksha gorsovetMurmansk · Russia180.5 km²66.3% of basin
- Water bodyMurmansk · Russia91.4 km²33.6% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Kedry v Kovdskom lesnichestve
IUCN IIINatural Monument
0.02 km² overlap
Kovdskie listvennicy
IUCN IIINatural Monument
0.01 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 122 distinct species · 7 586 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 25 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 Ковда : 18 espèces reliées par 34 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 9.0%, 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°
-0,5°C
Annual rain
558mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,23
Runoff
279mm/an
PET
429mm
AET
350mm
Mean slope
2,8°
Water table
115cm
Forest
77%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
2%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)