HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080301390
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
58km²
Upstream area
4 414,8km²
Discharge
67,43m³/s
Mean elev.
1 027m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Wigwam River856 km²
- Bassin de Elk River720 km²
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 58.2 km²100.0% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Sheep Mountain
IUCN IVPrivately Owned Conservation Area
2.61 km² overlap
Wildlife Habitat Areas
IUCN Not ApplicableWildlife Habitat Areas
0.00 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
238 distinct species · 1 285 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 Kootenay River : 23 espèces reliées par 96 interactions GloBI sur 6 types (connectance 14.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 14 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°
5,1°C
Annual rain
658mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,24
Runoff
417mm/an
PET
877mm
AET
525mm
Mean slope
12,3°
Water table
493cm
Forest
60%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)