HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #8080002480
Bassin de Drift 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 : Kenai Peninsula
Sub-basin area
794,1km²
Upstream area
794,3km²
Discharge
41,12m³/s
Mean elev.
914m
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 792.6 km²99.2% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Lake Clark
IUCN VNational Preserve
717.29 km² overlap
Jay S. Hammond
IUCN IbWilderness Area
717.27 km² overlap
Redoubt Bay
IUCN VCritical Habitat Area
6.69 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
89 distinct species · 176 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 28 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 Drift River : 23 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 36 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 9.5%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 5 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°
-1,9°C
Annual rain
694mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,38
Runoff
1 413mm/an
PET
432mm
AET
364mm
Mean slope
16,2°
Water table
560cm
Forest
3%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
91%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)