HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080260720
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. 2, Division No. 4
Sub-basin area
40km²
Upstream area
38 241,5km²
Discharge
61,89m³/s
Mean elev.
681m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Berry Creek121 km²
- Bassin de Red Deer River104 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 30.9 km²77.0% of basin
- 9.2 km²23.0% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Dinosaur Provincial Park
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
8.21 km² overlap
Dinosaur Provincial Park
IUCN IIProvincial Park
6.62 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
467 distinct species · 4 110 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 31 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 : 21 espèces reliées par 76 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 14.4%, 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°
3,9°C
Annual rain
314mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,64
Runoff
58mm/an
PET
863mm
AET
280mm
Mean slope
1,6°
Water table
251cm
Forest
0%
Crops
29%
Urban
0%
Protected
18%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)