HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080299920
Bassin de Similkameen 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 : Okanagan-Similkameen
Sub-basin area
1 382,3km²
Upstream area
6 400,7km²
Discharge
35,05m³/s
Mean elev.
1 475m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Hayes Creek777 km²
- Bassin de Summers Creek625 km²
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1386.8 km²100.0% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Protected Area
17.22 km² overlap
BROMLEY ROCK PARK
IUCN IIIA - Park
1.51 km² overlap
NICKEL PLATE PARK
IUCN Not ReportedA - Park
1.17 km² overlap
STEMWINDER PARK
IUCN Not ReportedA - Park
0.04 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 288 distinct species · 27 120 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 37 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 Similkameen River : 26 espèces reliées par 97 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 14.6%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 11 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°
2,5°C
Annual rain
371mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,48
Runoff
122mm/an
PET
726mm
AET
324mm
Mean slope
12,1°
Water table
663cm
Forest
87%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
1%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)