HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080138140
Bassin de Meltausjoki
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
1 612,1km²
Upstream area
1 612,1km²
Discharge
14,46m³/s
Mean elev.
200m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
17 intersecting protected areas
Protected Mire
70.26 km² overlap
Näätävuoma-Sotkavuoma
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
68.13 km² overlap
KUTUSELKÄ-KIRISTÄJÄSELKÄ
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
17.13 km² overlap
Unarin luonnonsuojelualue
IUCN IVState Nature Reserve
4.07 km² overlap
Kulvakko
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
3.52 km² overlap
Kulvakko
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
3.52 km² overlap
Kulvakon luonnonsuojelualue
IUCN IbState Nature Reserve
3.46 km² overlap
Metsälain erityisen tärkeät elinympäristöt Lappi
IUCN Not AssignedForest habitats of special importance according to the Forest Act (OECM)
1.46 km² overlap
State Nature Reserve
1.27 km² overlap
8 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Private Nature Reserve
0.75 km² overlap
Niittyniemen suojelualue
IUCN IVPrivate Nature Reserve
0.61 km² overlap
Meltauskoski
IUCN IVPrivate Nature Reserve
0.30 km² overlap
Private Nature Reserve
0.27 km² overlap
Metsätalouden ympäristötukikohteet Lappi
IUCN Not AssignedForestry environmental aid contracts (OECM)
0.25 km² overlap
Private Nature Reserve
0.19 km² overlap
Private Nature Reserve
0.13 km² overlap
Tyynelän luonnonmetsä
IUCN IVPrivate Nature Reserve
0.05 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 255 distinct species · 24 680 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 35 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 Meltausjoki : 26 espèces reliées par 79 interactions GloBI sur 6 types (connectance 13.3%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 9 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
514mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,14
Runoff
279mm/an
PET
441mm
AET
347mm
Mean slope
2,9°
Water table
97cm
Forest
89%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
4%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)