HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080290130
Bassin de Kootenay 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 : East Kootenay
Sub-basin area
793,5km²
Upstream area
8 786,5km²
Discharge
119,01m³/s
Mean elev.
1 150m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Skookumchuck Creek879 km²
- Bassin de Lussier River742 km²
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 796.1 km²100.0% of basin
10 intersecting protected areas
Privately Owned Conservation Area
7.17 km² overlap
Wildlife Habitat Areas
IUCN Not ApplicableWildlife Habitat Areas
4.26 km² overlap
Privately Protected Area
2.72 km² overlap
Privately Owned Conservation Area
2.71 km² overlap
DUC Fee Simple Lands
IUCN IVOwnership by Environmental Non-Governmental Organization
2.68 km² overlap
PREMIER LAKE PARK
IUCN IIA - Park
1.72 km² overlap
WASA LAKE PARK
IUCN IIA - Park
1.48 km² overlap
Cherry Meadows
IUCN IVPrivately Owned Conservation Area
0.69 km² overlap
Privately Protected Area
0.69 km² overlap
1 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Wasa Slough
IUCN IVPrivately Owned Conservation Area
0.52 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 184 distinct species · 98 712 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 25 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 Kootenay River : 16 espèces reliées par 61 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 18.8%, 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°
3,7°C
Annual rain
575mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,24
Runoff
396mm/an
PET
775mm
AET
459mm
Mean slope
9,2°
Water table
317cm
Forest
60%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)