HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080152640
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
631,5km²
Upstream area
55 265,1km²
Discharge
491,62m³/s
Mean elev.
77m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Winisk River725 km²
- Bassin de Winisk River321 km²
3 intersecting protected areas
Winisk River Provincial Park
IUCN IIProvincial Park
22.90 km² overlap
Polar Bear Provincial Park
IUCN IbProvincial Park
7.22 km² overlap
Polar Bear Provincial Park
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
5.48 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
549 distinct species · 4 396 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 39 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 : 23 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 131 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 15.2%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 19 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°
-3,7°C
Annual rain
535mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,06
Runoff
385mm/an
PET
503mm
AET
399mm
Mean slope
0,2°
Water table
6cm
Forest
76%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
5%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)