HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080160610
Bassin de Skellefteälven
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 5 administrative regions : Arjeplog, Arvidsjaur, Malå, Norsjö, Sorsele
Sub-basin area
1 432,1km²
Upstream area
7 685,7km²
Discharge
106,2m³/s
Mean elev.
398m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Lobbelbäcken534 km²
- Bassin de Välbma242 km²
5 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 829.4 km²57.5% of basin
- 333.3 km²23.1% of basin
- 143.1 km²9.9% of basin
- 96.5 km²6.7% of basin
- 39.2 km²2.7% of basin
30 intersecting protected areas
Vittjåkk-Akkanålke
IUCN IbNatura 2000 SCI
13.98 km² overlap
Vittjåkk-Akkanålke
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
13.98 km² overlap
Nature Reserve
13.98 km² overlap
Ledfat
IUCN IVNature conservation agreement
13.70 km² overlap
Järvliden
IUCN Not AssignedAgreement between government agencies
13.18 km² overlap
2021105 Krutbergen
IUCN IaNature Reserve
11.88 km² overlap
Lässejaure
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
5.34 km² overlap
Lässejaure
IUCN Not AssignedNatura 2000 SPA
5.34 km² overlap
2005286 Lessejaure
IUCN Not AssignedWildlife and Plant Sanctuary
5.33 km² overlap
21 more protected areassorted by overlap area
2060021 Krokberg
IUCN IaNature Reserve
3.95 km² overlap
2060303 Njuollavárrie
IUCN IaNature Reserve
3.44 km² overlap
2001578 Fågelmyrkölen
IUCN IaNature Reserve
1.80 km² overlap
2014647 Storsandberget
IUCN IaNature Reserve
1.50 km² overlap
2040394 Mörtträskheden
IUCN IaNature Reserve
1.34 km² overlap
2030810 Kåtamyran
IUCN IaNature Reserve
1.33 km² overlap
2045449 Nymoran
IUCN IaNature Reserve
1.13 km² overlap
2014200 Gallejaur by
IUCN Not AssignedOthers
1.02 km² overlap
2013950 Gallejaur
IUCN IaNature Reserve
1.00 km² overlap
2042795 Lillträskberget
IUCN IaNature Reserve
0.92 km² overlap
2023189 Bålkaberget
IUCN IaNature Reserve
0.78 km² overlap
Fågelmyrkölen
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.74 km² overlap
Fågelmyrkölen
IUCN IaNatura 2000 SCI
0.74 km² overlap
A594127
IUCN Not ApplicableVoluntary set-aside areas
0.62 km² overlap
2013386 Abborrtjärnberget
IUCN IaNature Reserve
0.59 km² overlap
A337217
IUCN Not ApplicableVoluntary set-aside areas
0.48 km² overlap
Byskeälven
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.45 km² overlap
Byskeälven
IUCN Not AssignedNatura 2000 SCI
0.45 km² overlap
Vindelälven
IUCN Not AssignedNatura 2000 SCI
0.41 km² overlap
Vindelälven
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.41 km² overlap
Vindelälven
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
0.41 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 149 distinct species · 77 463 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 38 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 Skellefteälven : 26 espèces reliées par 105 interactions GloBI sur 6 types (connectance 12.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 15 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
562mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,17
Runoff
351mm/an
PET
467mm
AET
374mm
Mean slope
3,8°
Water table
141cm
Forest
89%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
3%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)