HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080118260
Bassin de Geassesaiája
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
261km²
Upstream area
1 989,4km²
Discharge
28,53m³/s
Mean elev.
275m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Vaskojoki866 km²
- Bassin de Anárjohka863 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 197.6 km²75.2% of basin
- 65.3 km²24.8% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Muotkatunturin erämaa
IUCN IbWilderness Area
99.57 km² overlap
MUOTKATUNTURIN ERÄMAA
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
96.62 km² overlap
Metsälain erityisen tärkeät elinympäristöt Lappi
IUCN Not AssignedForest habitats of special importance according to the Forest Act (OECM)
0.03 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
704 distinct species · 6 705 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 30 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 Geassesaiája : 20 espèces reliées par 63 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 13.5%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 11 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°
-2,6°C
Annual rain
420mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,05
Runoff
336mm/an
PET
398mm
AET
318mm
Mean slope
3,9°
Water table
112cm
Forest
56%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
38%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)