HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #8080002790
Bassin de Swikshak 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 : Kenai Peninsula, Kodiak Island
Sub-basin area
747,8km²
Upstream area
747,8km²
Discharge
13,43m³/s
Mean elev.
466m
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 398.2 km²53.0% of basin
- 321.6 km²42.8% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Katmai Bay
IUCN IINational Park
719.51 km² overlap
Katmai
IUCN IbWilderness Area
719.45 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
266 distinct species · 801 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 41 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 Swikshak River : 28 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 95 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 10.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 16 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
1 067mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,57
Runoff
1 530mm/an
PET
458mm
AET
432mm
Mean slope
15,1°
Water table
490cm
Forest
3%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
98%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)