HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080150320
Bassin de Piteälven
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 : Arvidsjaur, Älvsbyn
Sub-basin area
670,5km²
Upstream area
7 470,8km²
Discharge
118,09m³/s
Mean elev.
297m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Rebraurströmmen1470 km²
- Bassin de Piteälven398 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 544.1 km²80.6% of basin
- 131.0 km²19.4% of basin
30 intersecting protected areas
Piteälven
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
21.20 km² overlap
Piteälven
IUCN Not AssignedNatura 2000 SCI
21.20 km² overlap
Piteälven
IUCN IVNature conservation agreement
4.75 km² overlap
Piteälven
IUCN IVNature conservation agreement
4.02 km² overlap
2014764 Tjuörrie
IUCN IaNature Reserve
2.72 km² overlap
2020350 Mattisberget
IUCN IaNature Reserve
2.38 km² overlap
Nature Reserve
1.84 km² overlap
2014817 Granbergen
IUCN IaNature Reserve
1.81 km² overlap
2014846 Gardevare
IUCN IaNature Reserve
1.72 km² overlap
21 more protected areassorted by overlap area
2045429 Skirvo
IUCN IaNature Reserve
1.53 km² overlap
2001021 Gaddaberget
IUCN IaNature Reserve
1.45 km² overlap
Gaddaberget
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
1.45 km² overlap
Gaddaberget
IUCN IaNatura 2000 SCI
1.45 km² overlap
2014581 Kniptjärnsliden
IUCN IaNature Reserve
1.34 km² overlap
2020348 Enstakaberget
IUCN IaNature Reserve
0.88 km² overlap
2001033 Storforsen
IUCN IIINature Reserve
0.81 km² overlap
Storforsen
IUCN IIINatura 2000 SCI
0.77 km² overlap
Storforsen
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.77 km² overlap
2014695 Storberget-Laver
IUCN IaNature Reserve
0.58 km² overlap
A165136
IUCN Not ApplicableVoluntary set-aside areas
0.51 km² overlap
Åträsket
IUCN IaNatura 2000 SCI
0.50 km² overlap
Nature Reserve
0.50 km² overlap
Åträsket
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.50 km² overlap
A505083
IUCN Not ApplicableVoluntary set-aside areas
0.35 km² overlap
A317887
IUCN Not ApplicableVoluntary set-aside areas
0.31 km² overlap
A443185
IUCN Not ApplicableVoluntary set-aside areas
0.25 km² overlap
A521693
IUCN Not ApplicableVoluntary set-aside areas
0.25 km² overlap
A425739
IUCN Not ApplicableVoluntary set-aside areas
0.24 km² overlap
A607284
IUCN Not ApplicableVoluntary set-aside areas
0.23 km² overlap
A521220
IUCN Not ApplicableVoluntary set-aside areas
0.21 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 401 distinct species · 34 876 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 23 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 Piteälven : 15 espèces reliées par 31 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 11.2%, 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°
-0,3°C
Annual rain
518mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,10
Runoff
342mm/an
PET
464mm
AET
363mm
Mean slope
5,0°
Water table
191cm
Forest
95%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
2%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)