HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080164230
Bassin de Kitnayakwa 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 2 administrative regions : Bulkley-Nechako, Kitimat-Stikine
Sub-basin area
276,8km²
Upstream area
276,8km²
Discharge
8,48m³/s
Mean elev.
1 266m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 276.5 km²99.5% of basin
- 1.5 km²0.5% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Old Growth Management Areas (Mapped Legal)
IUCN Not ApplicableOld Growth Management Areas (Mapped Legal)
9.58 km² overlap
BURNIE-SHEA PARK
IUCN IIA - Park
3.31 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
11 distinct species · 11 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Not enough documented interactions to build a meaningful graph for this territory.
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
1,2°C
Annual rain
876mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,37
Runoff
971mm/an
PET
553mm
AET
440mm
Mean slope
20,3°
Water table
611cm
Forest
25%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
1%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)