HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080119070
Bassin de Lemmenjoki
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 1 administrative regions : Lapland
Sub-basin area
1 343,5km²
Upstream area
1 343,5km²
Discharge
11,03m³/s
Mean elev.
278m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
21 intersecting protected areas
Lemmenjoen kansallispuisto
IUCN IbNational Park
637.69 km² overlap
LEMMENJOEN KANSALLISPUISTO
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
637.57 km² overlap
Lemmenjoki National Park
IUCN IIWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
637.57 km² overlap
LEMMENJOEN KANSALLISPUISTO
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
637.57 km² overlap
Hammastunturin erämaa
IUCN IbWilderness Area
203.84 km² overlap
HAMMASTUNTURIN ERÄMAA
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
190.97 km² overlap
KETTUJOKI-VASKOJOKI
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
11.91 km² overlap
KETTUJOKI-VASKOJOKI
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
11.91 km² overlap
Kettujoen soidensuojelualue
IUCN IbProtected Mire
6.77 km² overlap
12 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Vaskojoen luonnonsuojelualue
IUCN IVPrivate Nature Reserve
1.47 km² overlap
Metsätalouden ympäristötukikohteet Lappi
IUCN Not AssignedForestry environmental aid contracts (OECM)
1.34 km² overlap
Metsälain erityisen tärkeät elinympäristöt Lappi
IUCN Not AssignedForest habitats of special importance according to the Forest Act (OECM)
0.57 km² overlap
Private Nature Reserve
0.50 km² overlap
Lupposelkä
IUCN IVPrivate Nature Reserve
0.46 km² overlap
Lupporinne
IUCN IVPrivate Nature Reserve
0.35 km² overlap
Jievjamvieltti
IUCN IVPrivate Nature Reserve
0.33 km² overlap
Laddekvarri
IUCN IVPrivate Nature Reserve
0.19 km² overlap
Private Nature Reserve
0.11 km² overlap
Private Nature Reserve
0.04 km² overlap
Private Nature Reserve
0.03 km² overlap
Private Nature Reserve
0.02 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 832 distinct species · 41 116 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 31 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 Lemmenjoki : 21 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 67 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 12.7%, 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°
-2,3°C
Annual rain
434mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,07
Runoff
280mm/an
PET
401mm
AET
321mm
Mean slope
5,2°
Water table
148cm
Forest
51%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
63%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)