HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080229090
Bassin de Red Deer 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 : Division No. 6, Division No. 9
Sub-basin area
443,5km²
Upstream area
3 584,2km²
Discharge
18,87m³/s
Mean elev.
1 199m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Red Deer River992 km²
- Bassin de Fallentimber Creek508 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 358.2 km²80.4% of basin
- 87.1 km²19.6% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
SALTS 007
IUCN Not ApplicableConservation easement
0.65 km² overlap
Sundre North Natural Area
IUCN IVNatural Area
0.37 km² overlap
Snakes Head Natural Area
IUCN IVNatural Area
0.24 km² overlap
Sundre Red Deer Natural Area
IUCN IVNatural Area
0.08 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
734 distinct species · 10 241 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 37 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 Red Deer River : 26 espèces reliées par 82 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 11.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 12 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°
1,5°C
Annual rain
518mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,28
Runoff
110mm/an
PET
724mm
AET
446mm
Mean slope
2,5°
Water table
161cm
Forest
49%
Crops
20%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)