HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080316700
Bassin de Yaak 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 2 administrative regions across 2 countries : East Kootenay, Lincoln
Sub-basin area
2 060km²
Upstream area
2 060km²
Discharge
25,07m³/s
Mean elev.
1 391m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Lincoln1645.2 km²79.6% of basin
- 421.3 km²20.4% of basin
6 intersecting protected areas
GILNOCKIE PARK
IUCN IIA - Park
28.15 km² overlap
Northwest Peaks
IUCN VScenic Area
13.20 km² overlap
Wildlife Habitat Areas
IUCN Not ApplicableWildlife Habitat Areas
2.32 km² overlap
Hoskins Lake
IUCN IaResearch Natural Area
1.58 km² overlap
Pete Creek Meadows
IUCN IaResearch Natural Area
0.64 km² overlap
Ecological Reserve
0.54 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
925 distinct species · 9 447 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 Yaak River : 21 espèces reliées par 102 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 14.5%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 17 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°
3,5°C
Annual rain
790mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,01
Runoff
384mm/an
PET
803mm
AET
540mm
Mean slope
14,4°
Water table
570cm
Forest
94%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
2%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)