HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080388120
Bassin de Kettle 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 : Aitkin, Carlton, Kanabec, Pine
Sub-basin area
2 651,1km²
Upstream area
2 651,1km²
Discharge
30,54m³/s
Mean elev.
355m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1435.4 km²54.0% of basin
- 922.9 km²34.7% of basin
- 249.5 km²9.4% of basin
- 50.1 km²1.9% of basin
25 intersecting protected areas
Sandstone
IUCN VState Wildlife Management Area
8.22 km² overlap
Kettle Lake
IUCN VState Wildlife Management Area
5.31 km² overlap
Natural Area
3.27 km² overlap
William M. Rath
IUCN VState Wildlife Management Area
3.17 km² overlap
Sawyer
IUCN VState Wildlife Management Area
2.43 km² overlap
Farm Service Agency Interest Of Mn
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
1.82 km² overlap
National Wildlife Refuge
1.59 km² overlap
Farm Service Agency Interest Of Mn
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
1.31 km² overlap
Mervin
IUCN VState Wildlife Management Area
0.98 km² overlap
16 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Aquatic Management Area
0.74 km² overlap
Conservation Easement
0.67 km² overlap
Farm Service Agency Interest Of Mn
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
0.66 km² overlap
Salo Marsh
IUCN VState Wildlife Management Area
0.49 km² overlap
Mark Lake
IUCN VState Wildlife Management Area
0.33 km² overlap
State Wildlife Management Area
0.32 km² overlap
Aquatic Management Area
0.32 km² overlap
Saint Croix
IUCN VNational Scenic Riverway
0.29 km² overlap
Scenic
IUCN Not AssignedEasement
0.29 km² overlap
Easement
0.28 km² overlap
Aquatic Management Area
0.22 km² overlap
Moose Lake
IUCN VState Wildlife Management Area
0.20 km² overlap
Kettle River
IUCN VState Wildlife Management Area
0.09 km² overlap
Permanent
IUCN VWetland Preserve
0.01 km² overlap
Lake
0.00 km² overlap
Lake
0.00 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 400 distinct species · 97 223 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 32 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 Kettle River : 21 espèces reliées par 77 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 14.6%, 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°
4,2°C
Annual rain
752mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,15
Runoff
384mm/an
PET
881mm
AET
636mm
Mean slope
1,0°
Water table
28cm
Forest
96%
Crops
13%
Urban
0%
Protected
3%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)