HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080151830
Bassin de Ältsån
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 3 administrative regions across 2 countries : Rana, Sorsele, Storuman
Sub-basin area
1 089,1km²
Upstream area
1 089,2km²
Discharge
30,25m³/s
Mean elev.
778m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 813.5 km²74.2% of basin
- 268.9 km²24.5% of basin
- 14.0 km²1.3% of basin
12 intersecting protected areas
Vindelfjällen
IUCN IbNatura 2000 SPA
1018.92 km² overlap
Vindelfjällen
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
1018.92 km² overlap
2001842 Vindelfjällen
IUCN IbNature Reserve
1018.92 km² overlap
Vindelfjällen
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
1018.92 km² overlap
Vindelfjällen
IUCN IbNatura 2000 SCI
1018.92 km² overlap
Tärnasjön
IUCN IaWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
232.54 km² overlap
Vindelälven
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
0.35 km² overlap
1073656773
IUCN Not ApplicableVoluntary set-aside areas
0.17 km² overlap
1073656770
IUCN Not ApplicableVoluntary set-aside areas
0.15 km² overlap
3 more protected areassorted by overlap area
1073656771
IUCN Not ApplicableVoluntary set-aside areas
0.11 km² overlap
1073656768
IUCN Not ApplicableVoluntary set-aside areas
0.09 km² overlap
1073656764
IUCN Not ApplicableVoluntary set-aside areas
0.00 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 525 distinct species · 11 162 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 40 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 Ältsån : 30 espèces reliées par 84 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 10.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 10 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
840mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,54
Runoff
869mm/an
PET
381mm
AET
350mm
Mean slope
7,0°
Water table
208cm
Forest
55%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
93%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)