HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080304920
Bassin de Salmo 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 3 administrative regions across 2 countries : Boundary, Central Kootenay, Pend Oreille
Sub-basin area
1 291,3km²
Upstream area
1 291,3km²
Discharge
25,14m³/s
Mean elev.
1 437m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1217.1 km²94.0% of basin
- 67.2 km²5.2% of basin
- BoundaryIdaho · United States11.1 km²0.9% of basin
10 intersecting protected areas
Darkwoods
IUCN IVPrivately Owned Conservation Area
60.40 km² overlap
Privately Protected Area
60.40 km² overlap
Salmo-Priest
IUCN IbWilderness
50.36 km² overlap
STAGLEAP PARK
IUCN IIA - Park
7.80 km² overlap
Salmo
IUCN IaResearch Natural Area
5.36 km² overlap
WEST ARM PARK
IUCN IIA - Park
1.43 km² overlap
Snowy Top
IUCN IaResearch Natural Area
1.04 km² overlap
ERIE CREEK PARK
IUCN IIIA - Park
0.14 km² overlap
Privately Protected Area
0.06 km² overlap
1 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Ivy Mitchell Nature Reserve
IUCN IVPrivately Owned Conservation Area
0.06 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 702 distinct species · 23 777 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 Salmo River : 26 espèces reliées par 78 interactions GloBI sur 6 types (connectance 11.1%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 12 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°
3,3°C
Annual rain
816mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,12
Runoff
612mm/an
PET
719mm
AET
518mm
Mean slope
20,2°
Water table
750cm
Forest
96%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
5%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)