HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080253130
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 2 administrative regions : Division No. 15, Division No. 6
Sub-basin area
1 448,5km²
Upstream area
7 906,1km²
Discharge
59,96m³/s
Mean elev.
1 346m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Waiparous Creek718 km²
- Bassin de Bow River392 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 997.8 km²68.6% of basin
- 456.0 km²31.4% of basin
11 intersecting protected areas
Provincial Park
13.36 km² overlap
SALTS 063
IUCN Not ApplicableConservation easement
13.06 km² overlap
SALTS 043
IUCN Not ApplicableConservation easement
5.08 km² overlap
SALTS 064
IUCN Not ApplicableConservation easement
4.89 km² overlap
SALTS 026
IUCN Not ApplicableConservation easement
3.24 km² overlap
Natural Area
2.87 km² overlap
SALTS 065
IUCN Not ApplicableConservation easement
1.29 km² overlap
Elbow Valley Provincial Park (expansion)
IUCN Not ReportedProvincial Park
1.15 km² overlap
Privately Protected Area
0.64 km² overlap
2 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Wildland Provincial Park
0.47 km² overlap
Big Hill Springs Provincial Park
IUCN IIIProvincial Park
0.31 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 738 distinct species · 850 680 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 34 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 : 23 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 85 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 15.2%, 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°
1,8°C
Annual rain
516mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,28
Runoff
229mm/an
PET
717mm
AET
443mm
Mean slope
4,8°
Water table
252cm
Forest
48%
Crops
8%
Urban
9%
Protected
1%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)