HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080125810
Bassin de Muonionjoki
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 2 countries : Kiruna, Lapland, Pajala
Sub-basin area
776,3km²
Upstream area
6 915,6km²
Discharge
41,48m³/s
Mean elev.
307m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Palojoki832 km²
- Bassin de Muonionjoki110 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 431.3 km²55.2% of basin
- 275.3 km²35.2% of basin
- 75.2 km²9.6% of basin
30 intersecting protected areas
Pessinki fjällurskog
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
174.22 km² overlap
Pessinki fjällurskog
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
174.22 km² overlap
2001055 Pessinki fjällurskog
IUCN IbNature Reserve
174.22 km² overlap
Pessinki fjällurskog
IUCN IbNatura 2000 SPA
174.22 km² overlap
Pessinki fjällurskog
IUCN IbNatura 2000 SCI
174.22 km² overlap
2049920 Särkitievat
IUCN IaNature Reserve
17.12 km² overlap
Tornionjoen-Muonionjoen vesistöalue
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
12.03 km² overlap
Torne och Kalix älvsystem
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
12.03 km² overlap
Torne och Kalix älvsystem
IUCN Not AssignedNatura 2000 SCI
12.03 km² overlap
21 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Kahtovuoma
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
4.69 km² overlap
Kahtovuoma
IUCN Not AssignedNatura 2000 SCI
4.69 km² overlap
Särkitievat
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
3.46 km² overlap
Särkitievat
IUCN IaNatura 2000 SCI
3.46 km² overlap
Metsätalouden ympäristötukikohteet Lappi
IUCN Not AssignedForestry environmental aid contracts (OECM)
1.44 km² overlap
Metsälain erityisen tärkeät elinympäristöt Lappi
IUCN Not AssignedForest habitats of special importance according to the Forest Act (OECM)
1.21 km² overlap
Private Nature Reserve
0.72 km² overlap
1073676210
IUCN Not ApplicableVoluntary set-aside areas
0.45 km² overlap
SK 721-2012
IUCN IVNature conservation agreement, Swedish Forest Agency
0.42 km² overlap
Välimaan luonnonsuojelualue
IUCN IVPrivate Nature Reserve
0.38 km² overlap
1073675815
IUCN Not ApplicableVoluntary set-aside areas
0.36 km² overlap
1073675814
IUCN Not ApplicableVoluntary set-aside areas
0.34 km² overlap
Private Nature Reserve
0.25 km² overlap
LUPPOKURUN LEHTO
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.24 km² overlap
Herb Rich Forest Reserve
0.24 km² overlap
1073676018
IUCN Not ApplicableVoluntary set-aside areas
0.16 km² overlap
1073686192
IUCN Not ApplicableVoluntary set-aside areas
0.14 km² overlap
1073676209
IUCN Not ApplicableVoluntary set-aside areas
0.12 km² overlap
1073676025
IUCN Not ApplicableVoluntary set-aside areas
0.11 km² overlap
1073686255
IUCN Not ApplicableVoluntary set-aside areas
0.08 km² overlap
1073675928
IUCN Not ApplicableVoluntary set-aside areas
0.06 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 483 distinct species · 36 863 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 28 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 Muonionjoki : 17 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 60 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 14.8%, 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°
-2,1°C
Annual rain
469mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,14
Runoff
162mm/an
PET
402mm
AET
324mm
Mean slope
4,1°
Water table
98cm
Forest
53%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
22%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)