HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080301180
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
142,2km²
Upstream area
14 466,2km²
Discharge
210,9m³/s
Mean elev.
875m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Big Sand Creek243 km²
- Bassin de Big Sand Creek34 km²
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 142.6 km²100.0% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
KIKOMUN CREEK PARK
IUCN IIA - Park
5.76 km² overlap
Sheep Mountain
IUCN IVPrivately Owned Conservation Area
1.04 km² overlap
Wildlife Habitat Areas
IUCN Not ApplicableWildlife Habitat Areas
0.80 km² overlap
ELKO PARK
IUCN Not ReportedC - Park
0.22 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
585 distinct species · 8 833 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 43 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 : 27 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 130 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 14.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 16 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°
5,8°C
Annual rain
641mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,29
Runoff
410mm/an
PET
905mm
AET
530mm
Mean slope
4,9°
Water table
226cm
Forest
60%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
4%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)