HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080182610
Bassin de Ptarmigan Creek
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 : Fraser-Fort George
Sub-basin area
517,5km²
Upstream area
11 053,8km²
Discharge
228,31m³/s
Mean elev.
1 112m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Fraser River2441 km²
- Bassin de Cushing Creek1336 km²
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 519.7 km²100.0% of basin
5 intersecting protected areas
Old Growth Management Areas (Mapped Legal)
IUCN Not ApplicableOld Growth Management Areas (Mapped Legal)
55.45 km² overlap
PTARMIGAN CREEK PARK
IUCN IIA - Park
32.46 km² overlap
PTARMIGAN PROTECTED AREA
IUCN IIProtected Area
13.06 km² overlap
ERG MOUNTAIN PARK
IUCN IIA - Park
10.12 km² overlap
Wildlife Habitat Areas
IUCN Not ApplicableWildlife Habitat Areas
0.73 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
225 distinct species · 670 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 51 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 Ptarmigan Creek : 33 espèces reliées par 119 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 9.3%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 18 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°
1,9°C
Annual rain
871mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,22
Runoff
738mm/an
PET
671mm
AET
524mm
Mean slope
12,6°
Water table
334cm
Forest
68%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
11%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)