HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080117020
Bassin de Kárášjohka
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 across 2 countries : Karasjok, Lapland
Sub-basin area
243,2km²
Upstream area
5 171,4km²
Discharge
57,92m³/s
Mean elev.
263m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Geaimmejohka246 km²
- Bassin de Geaimmejohka114 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 244.5 km²99.8% of basin
- 0.4 km²0.2% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 910 distinct species · 15 018 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 47 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 Kárášjohka : 32 espèces dont 3 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 117 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 10.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 15 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°
-2,9°C
Annual rain
413mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,06
Runoff
316mm/an
PET
389mm
AET
312mm
Mean slope
5,6°
Water table
158cm
Forest
78%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)