HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #8080005950
Bassin de Kwiniuk 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 : Nome
Sub-basin area
525,4km²
Upstream area
525,4km²
Discharge
9,56m³/s
Mean elev.
207m
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 528.8 km²100.0% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 2 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Not enough documented interactions to build a meaningful graph for this territory.
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
-4,6°C
Annual rain
430mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,18
Runoff
606mm/an
PET
352mm
AET
277mm
Mean slope
7,6°
Water table
172cm
Forest
5%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)