HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080150030
Bassin de Winisk River
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 1 administrative regions : Kenora
Sub-basin area
189,9km²
Upstream area
62 255,8km²
Discharge
559,1m³/s
Mean elev.
42m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Shamattawa River1500 km²
- Bassin de Winisk River632 km²
2 intersecting protected areas
Polar Bear Provincial Park
IUCN IbProvincial Park
135.06 km² overlap
Polar Bear Provincial Park
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
128.79 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
150 distinct species · 314 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 Winisk River : 25 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 90 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 12.8%, 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°
-3,8°C
Annual rain
517mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,03
Runoff
401mm/an
PET
499mm
AET
393mm
Mean slope
0,2°
Water table
8cm
Forest
66%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
71%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)