HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080153820
Bassin de Unkerelva
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 : Hattfjelldal, Storuman, Vilhelmina
Sub-basin area
889,6km²
Upstream area
889,6km²
Discharge
22,99m³/s
Mean elev.
721m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 340.1 km²38.0% of basin
- 286.8 km²32.0% of basin
- 268.6 km²30.0% of basin
17 intersecting protected areas
Vardo-, Laster- och Fjällfjällen
IUCN Not AssignedNatura 2000 SPA
230.30 km² overlap
Vardo-, Laster- och Fjällfjällen
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
230.30 km² overlap
Vardo-, Laster- och Fjällfjällen
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
230.30 km² overlap
Vardo-, Laster- och Fjällfjällen
IUCN Not AssignedNatura 2000 SCI
230.30 km² overlap
2047038 Södra Gardfjället
IUCN IbNature Reserve
127.75 km² overlap
Södra Gardfjället
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
121.77 km² overlap
Södra Gardfjället
IUCN IbNatura 2000 SCI
121.77 km² overlap
Virisens vattensystem
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
37.16 km² overlap
Virisens vattensystem
IUCN Not AssignedNatura 2000 SCI
37.16 km² overlap
8 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Indre Pantdalen
IUCN IaNature Reserve
11.04 km² overlap
Skardmodalen
IUCN IaNature Reserve
9.63 km² overlap
Skardmodalen
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
9.56 km² overlap
Storveltlia-Valmåsen
IUCN IaNature Reserve
8.60 km² overlap
Skalmodal
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
3.13 km² overlap
Skalmodal
IUCN IaNatura 2000 SCI
3.13 km² overlap
2001845 Skalmodal
IUCN IaNature Reserve
3.13 km² overlap
Bakomsmitt
IUCN IaNature Reserve
2.62 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 935 distinct species · 14 746 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 36 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 Unkerelva : 26 espèces dont 4 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 75 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 10.1%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 13 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°
0,5°C
Annual rain
972mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,58
Runoff
898mm/an
PET
390mm
AET
363mm
Mean slope
8,7°
Water table
288cm
Forest
56%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
1%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)