HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080304220
Bassin de Waterton 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 4 administrative regions across 2 countries : Division No. 3, East Kootenay, Flathead, Glacier
Sub-basin area
392,6km²
Upstream area
392,7km²
Discharge
4,54m³/s
Mean elev.
1 869m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 245.1 km²62.2% of basin
- 144.6 km²36.7% of basin
- 3.5 km²0.9% of basin
- 0.6 km²0.2% of basin
8 intersecting protected areas
Waterton Glacier International Peace Park
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
392.94 km² overlap
Waterton Glacier International Peace
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
255.17 km² overlap
Glacier
IUCN IINational Park
245.81 km² overlap
Glacier Proposed or Recom
IUCN IbRecommended Wilderness
245.74 km² overlap
National Park
147.35 km² overlap
Waterton Lakes National Park
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
137.90 km² overlap
AKAMINA-KISHINENA PARK
IUCN IIA - Park
0.65 km² overlap
Flathead Watershed Area
IUCN Not ApplicableFlathead Watershed Area
0.53 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 163 distinct species · 84 271 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 38 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 Waterton River : 24 espèces reliées par 66 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 9.4%, 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°
1,2°C
Annual rain
667mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,05
Runoff
402mm/an
PET
710mm
AET
523mm
Mean slope
23,9°
Water table
884cm
Forest
82%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)