HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080259170
Bassin de Shuswap 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 : Columbia-Shuswap, North Okanagan
Sub-basin area
2 636,4km²
Upstream area
5 433,5km²
Discharge
81,1m³/s
Mean elev.
1 122m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Shuswap River1999 km²
- Bassin de Duteau Creek797 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 2467.3 km²93.3% of basin
- 178.5 km²6.7% of basin
17 intersecting protected areas
SILVER STAR PARK
IUCN IIA - Park
33.48 km² overlap
ENDERBY CLIFFS PARK
IUCN IIA - Park
23.29 km² overlap
MOUNT GRIFFIN PARK
IUCN IIA - Park
14.01 km² overlap
Ecological Reserve
13.51 km² overlap
Ecological Reserve
12.52 km² overlap
Wildlife Habitat Areas
IUCN Not ApplicableWildlife Habitat Areas
10.13 km² overlap
WAP CREEK PARK
IUCN IIIA - Park
3.28 km² overlap
KINGFISHER CREEK PARK
IUCN IIA - Park
2.77 km² overlap
MARA MEADOWS PARK
IUCN IIA - Park
2.12 km² overlap
8 more protected areassorted by overlap area
MABEL LAKE PARK
IUCN Not ReportedA - Park
1.93 km² overlap
SHUSWAP RIVER ISLANDS PARK
IUCN IIA - Park
1.85 km² overlap
Ecological Reserve
1.78 km² overlap
UPPER VIOLET CREEK PARK
IUCN IIIA - Park
0.87 km² overlap
SKOOKUMCHUCK RAPIDS PARK
IUCN IIIA - Park
0.71 km² overlap
MARA PARK
IUCN Not ReportedA - Park
0.12 km² overlap
SHUSWAP LAKE MARINE PARK
IUCN Not ReportedA - Park
0.06 km² overlap
Grindrod
IUCN IVPrivately Owned Conservation Area
0.03 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 131 distinct species · 66 925 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 33 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 Shuswap River : 18 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 82 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 14.6%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 16 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°
3,7°C
Annual rain
706mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,01
Runoff
498mm/an
PET
718mm
AET
493mm
Mean slope
13,8°
Water table
437cm
Forest
81%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
4%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)