HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080168330
Bassin de Skeena 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 : Kitimat-Stikine
Sub-basin area
87,3km²
Upstream area
50 046km²
Discharge
1 286,42m³/s
Mean elev.
628m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Exstew River462 km²
- Bassin de Skeena River432 km²
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 87.7 km²100.0% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Old Growth Management Areas (Mapped Legal)
IUCN Not ApplicableOld Growth Management Areas (Mapped Legal)
5.24 km² overlap
LOWER SKEENA RIVER PARK
IUCN IIIA - Park
0.75 km² overlap
Protected Area
0.48 km² overlap
GITNADOIKS RIVER PARK
IUCN IbA - Park
0.25 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
36 distinct species · 139 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 16 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 Skeena River : 14 espèces reliées par 18 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 13.2%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 3 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°
4,3°C
Annual rain
1 764mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,68
Runoff
1 989mm/an
PET
570mm
AET
504mm
Mean slope
24,0°
Water table
741cm
Forest
25%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
2%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)