HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #3080691660
Bassin de Катунь
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 : Katon-Karagayskiy, Ust'-Koksinskiy rayon
Sub-basin area
1 274,7km²
Upstream area
1 274,7km²
Discharge
27,67m³/s
Mean elev.
2 087m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1202.1 km²94.0% of basin
- 76.8 km²6.0% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Golden Mountains of Altai
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
1174.47 km² overlap
Katunsky
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
1111.28 km² overlap
State National Nature Park
8.83 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
759 distinct species · 1 425 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 13 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 Катунь : 12 espèces reliées par 8 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 8.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 2 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°
-3,6°C
Annual rain
507mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,08
Runoff
634mm/an
PET
558mm
AET
420mm
Mean slope
19,1°
Water table
496cm
Forest
17%
Crops
8%
Urban
0%
Protected
87%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)