HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080123690
Bassin de Palojoki
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 3 administrative regions across 3 countries : Kautokeino, Kiruna, Lapland
Sub-basin area
831,8km²
Upstream area
831,8km²
Discharge
6,98m³/s
Mean elev.
368m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 739.8 km²88.3% of basin
- 96.8 km²11.6% of basin
- 1.1 km²0.1% of basin
14 intersecting protected areas
TARVANTOVAARA
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
157.22 km² overlap
Tarvantovaaran erämaa
IUCN IbWilderness Area
156.69 km² overlap
PÖYRISJÄRVEN ERÄMAA
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
23.37 km² overlap
PÖYRISJÄRVEN ERÄMAA
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
23.37 km² overlap
Pöyrisjärven erämaa
IUCN IbWilderness Area
22.55 km² overlap
SOTKAVUOMA
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
22.16 km² overlap
SOTKAVUOMA
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
22.16 km² overlap
Sotkavuoma Mires
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
21.41 km² overlap
Protected Mire
18.81 km² overlap
5 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Tornionjoen-Muonionjoen vesistöalue
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
16.59 km² overlap
Herb Rich Forest Reserve
0.40 km² overlap
Näkkälän ikimetsä
IUCN IVPrivate Nature Reserve
0.18 km² overlap
Torne och Kalix älvsystem
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.00 km² overlap
Torne och Kalix älvsystem
IUCN Not AssignedNatura 2000 SCI
0.00 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 179 distinct species · 15 860 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 Palojoki : 33 espèces dont 3 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 124 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 10.5%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 16 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°
-2,7°C
Annual rain
488mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,20
Runoff
262mm/an
PET
389mm
AET
321mm
Mean slope
4,1°
Water table
85cm
Forest
70%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
24%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)