HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080262650
Bassin de Thompson 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 : Thompson-Nicola
Sub-basin area
175,9km²
Upstream area
38 077,1km²
Discharge
708,08m³/s
Mean elev.
639m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de South Thompson River1993 km²
- Bassin de North Thompson River1924 km²
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 176.5 km²100.0% of basin
5 intersecting protected areas
Protected Area
53.45 km² overlap
Wildlife Management Area
2.77 km² overlap
Frolek Ranch
IUCN IVPrivately Owned Conservation Area
2.03 km² overlap
Rattlesnake Bluff
IUCN IVPrivately Owned Conservation Area
0.04 km² overlap
Privately Protected Area
0.04 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 554 distinct species · 205 715 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 Thompson River : 24 espèces reliées par 93 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 16.6%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 10 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°
7,1°C
Annual rain
316mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,63
Runoff
238mm/an
PET
856mm
AET
278mm
Mean slope
7,6°
Water table
443cm
Forest
30%
Crops
15%
Urban
17%
Protected
27%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)