HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080251870
Bassin de Bow 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 : Division No. 15
Sub-basin area
485,4km²
Upstream area
4 392,6km²
Discharge
40,98m³/s
Mean elev.
1 810m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Ghost River944 km²
- Bassin de Bow River18 km²
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 487.2 km²100.0% of basin
7 intersecting protected areas
Wildland Provincial Park
240.52 km² overlap
Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
91.20 km² overlap
National Park
88.33 km² overlap
Bow Valley Wildland Provincial Park (Expansion)
IUCN Not ReportedWildland Provincial Park
61.08 km² overlap
Bow Valley Provincial Park
IUCN IIProvincial Park
9.18 km² overlap
Wildland Provincial Park
2.56 km² overlap
Wildland Provincial Park
1.80 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 070 distinct species · 174 028 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 32 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 Bow River : 22 espèces reliées par 72 interactions GloBI sur 6 types (connectance 13.6%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 11 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°
-0,3°C
Annual rain
592mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,06
Runoff
249mm/an
PET
640mm
AET
478mm
Mean slope
20,3°
Water table
585cm
Forest
64%
Crops
0%
Urban
3%
Protected
71%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)