HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080134140
Bassin de Ватсиманйоки
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 : Kandalaksha gorsovet, Kovdorskiy rayon
Sub-basin area
563,6km²
Upstream area
563,6km²
Discharge
5,67m³/s
Mean elev.
329m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Kandalaksha gorsovetMurmansk · Russia550.3 km²97.0% of basin
- Kovdorskiy rayonMurmansk · Russia17.2 km²3.0% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Kajta
IUCN IVState Natural Zakaznik
140.26 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
20 distinct species · 43 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Not enough documented interactions to build a meaningful graph for this territory.
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
-1,4°C
Annual rain
558mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,29
Runoff
339mm/an
PET
396mm
AET
338mm
Mean slope
3,6°
Water table
123cm
Forest
39%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)