HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080144710
Bassin de Torne älv / Tornionjoki
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 across 2 countries : Lapland, Övertorneå
Sub-basin area
38,6km²
Upstream area
35 164,1km²
Discharge
250,13m³/s
Mean elev.
69m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Torne älv / Tornionjoki438 km²
- Bassin de Vikeväjoki393 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 35.1 km²90.3% of basin
- 3.8 km²9.7% of basin
6 intersecting protected areas
Torne och Kalix älvsystem
IUCN Not AssignedNatura 2000 SCI
2.07 km² overlap
Torne och Kalix älvsystem
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
2.07 km² overlap
Tornionjoen-Muonionjoen vesistöalue
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.95 km² overlap
2001246 Isovaara
IUCN VNature Reserve
0.83 km² overlap
Isovaara
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.83 km² overlap
Isovaara
IUCN VNatura 2000 SCI
0.83 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 433 distinct species · 13 842 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 Torne älv / Tornionjoki : 20 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 61 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 16.1%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 8 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°
0,4°C
Annual rain
513mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,13
Runoff
568mm/an
PET
446mm
AET
343mm
Mean slope
3,7°
Water table
179cm
Forest
72%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
2%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)