HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080268360
Bassin de Highwood 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
589,5km²
Upstream area
1 324,5km²
Discharge
13,1m³/s
Mean elev.
1 548m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Highwood River500 km²
- Bassin de Cataract Creek235 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 366.9 km²62.0% of basin
- 224.7 km²38.0% of basin
8 intersecting protected areas
Pekisko Heritage Rangeland
IUCN Not ReportedHeritage Rangeland
60.33 km² overlap
Wildland Provincial Park
34.96 km² overlap
OH Ranch Heritage Rangeland
IUCN IVHeritage Rangeland
29.97 km² overlap
Wildland Provincial Park
19.78 km² overlap
SALTS 018
IUCN Not ApplicableConservation easement
1.94 km² overlap
SALTS 019
IUCN Not ApplicableConservation easement
0.65 km² overlap
Emerson Creek Natural Area
IUCN IVNatural Area
0.03 km² overlap
SALTS 056
IUCN Not ApplicableConservation easement
0.02 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
679 distinct species · 10 910 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 36 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 Highwood River : 17 espèces reliées par 121 interactions GloBI sur 6 types (connectance 14.1%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 25 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°
1,5°C
Annual rain
561mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,20
Runoff
293mm/an
PET
706mm
AET
472mm
Mean slope
9,6°
Water table
353cm
Forest
78%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
14%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)