HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080121920
Bassin de Könkämäeno / Könkämäälven
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 : Kiruna, Lapland
Sub-basin area
1 638,2km²
Upstream area
2 545,9km²
Discharge
17,87m³/s
Mean elev.
561m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Tsahkaljoki485 km²
- Bassin de Kummajoki423 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 899.1 km²54.5% of basin
- 750.9 km²45.5% of basin
8 intersecting protected areas
Käsivarren erämaa
IUCN IbWilderness Area
461.37 km² overlap
KÄSIVARREN ERÄMAA
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
459.33 km² overlap
KÄSIVARREN ERÄMAA
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
459.33 km² overlap
Torne och Kalix älvsystem
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
34.98 km² overlap
Torne och Kalix älvsystem
IUCN Not AssignedNatura 2000 SCI
34.98 km² overlap
Tornionjoen-Muonionjoen vesistöalue
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
24.50 km² overlap
IITON PALSASUOT
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.66 km² overlap
Protected Mire
0.66 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 670 distinct species · 59 115 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 45 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 Könkämäeno / Könkämäälven : 33 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 98 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 9.9%, 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°
-2,9°C
Annual rain
486mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,26
Runoff
212mm/an
PET
359mm
AET
305mm
Mean slope
5,2°
Water table
141cm
Forest
50%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
28%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)