HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080138130
Bassin de Ounasjoki
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 1 administrative regions : Lapland
Sub-basin area
2 450,4km²
Upstream area
11 112,1km²
Discharge
125,17m³/s
Mean elev.
185m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Jeesiöjoki1516 km²
- Bassin de Ounasjoki602 km²
30 intersecting protected areas
OUNASJOKI
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
15.59 km² overlap
Protected Mire
9.99 km² overlap
JUUSTOVUOMA
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
9.97 km² overlap
Protected Mire
9.43 km² overlap
KARHUVUOMA
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
8.14 km² overlap
Protected Mire
5.80 km² overlap
Metsälain erityisen tärkeät elinympäristöt Lappi
IUCN Not AssignedForest habitats of special importance according to the Forest Act (OECM)
4.59 km² overlap
AHVENVUOMA
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
4.50 km² overlap
Metsätalouden ympäristötukikohteet Lappi
IUCN Not AssignedForestry environmental aid contracts (OECM)
1.51 km² overlap
21 more protected areassorted by overlap area
KIVIJÄRVI-PIKKU KIVIJÄRVI
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
1.35 km² overlap
KIVIJÄRVI-PIKKU KIVIJÄRVI
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
1.35 km² overlap
Private Nature Reserve
1.32 km² overlap
Feeliksin luonnonmetsä
IUCN IVPrivate Nature Reserve
1.12 km² overlap
Tornionjoen-Muonionjoen vesistöalue
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
1.02 km² overlap
Private Nature Reserve
0.80 km² overlap
Kerpuajärvi
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
0.63 km² overlap
Kerpuajärvi
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.63 km² overlap
Private Nature Reserve
0.63 km² overlap
Private Nature Reserve
0.57 km² overlap
Private Nature Reserve
0.51 km² overlap
Private Nature Reserve
0.45 km² overlap
Private Nature Reserve
0.32 km² overlap
Ossin puiston suojelualue
IUCN IVPrivate Nature Reserve
0.29 km² overlap
Private Nature Reserve
0.27 km² overlap
Private Nature Reserve
0.21 km² overlap
Sunnarin luonnonsuojelualue
IUCN IVPrivate Nature Reserve
0.12 km² overlap
Private Nature Reserve
0.08 km² overlap
Äijälän luonnonsuojelualue
IUCN IVPrivate Nature Reserve
0.07 km² overlap
Pupuhakan luonnonsuojelualue
IUCN IVPrivate Nature Reserve
0.03 km² overlap
Puljulan luonnonsuojelualue
IUCN IVPrivate Nature Reserve
0.02 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 193 distinct species · 49 004 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 32 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 Ounasjoki : 19 espèces reliées par 84 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 15.9%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 14 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°
-0,9°C
Annual rain
498mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,13
Runoff
390mm/an
PET
434mm
AET
340mm
Mean slope
2,2°
Water table
74cm
Forest
87%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
1%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)