HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080130970
Bassin de Kivijoki
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 : Gällivare, Kiruna
Sub-basin area
177,9km²
Upstream area
3 262,4km²
Discharge
55,24m³/s
Mean elev.
422m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Akkajoki367 km²
- Bassin de Paukijoki263 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 179.0 km²99.9% of basin
- 0.2 km²0.1% of basin
16 intersecting protected areas
Kaitum fjällurskog
IUCN IbNatura 2000 SCI
26.38 km² overlap
Kaitum fjällurskog
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
26.38 km² overlap
2001238 Kaitum fjällurskog
IUCN IbNature Reserve
26.38 km² overlap
Lina fjällurskog
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
15.34 km² overlap
Lina fjällurskog
IUCN IbNatura 2000 SCI
15.34 km² overlap
2001057 Lina fjällurskog
IUCN IbNature Reserve
15.34 km² overlap
Torne och Kalix älvsystem
IUCN Not AssignedNatura 2000 SCI
14.32 km² overlap
Torne och Kalix älvsystem
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
14.32 km² overlap
SK 190-2020
IUCN IVNature conservation agreement, Swedish Forest Agency
0.32 km² overlap
7 more protected areassorted by overlap area
1073686291
IUCN Not ApplicableVoluntary set-aside areas
0.16 km² overlap
1073653925
IUCN Not ApplicableVoluntary set-aside areas
0.11 km² overlap
1073653926
IUCN Not ApplicableVoluntary set-aside areas
0.09 km² overlap
SK 307-2009
IUCN IVNature conservation agreement, Swedish Forest Agency
0.05 km² overlap
1073653590
IUCN Not ApplicableVoluntary set-aside areas
0.05 km² overlap
1073653616
IUCN Not ApplicableVoluntary set-aside areas
0.04 km² overlap
1073653928
IUCN Not ApplicableVoluntary set-aside areas
0.01 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
720 distinct species · 7 486 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 Kivijoki : 26 espèces reliées par 33 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 7.1%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 5 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°
-1,7°C
Annual rain
483mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,16
Runoff
417mm/an
PET
407mm
AET
334mm
Mean slope
4,6°
Water table
130cm
Forest
70%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
23%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)