HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #8080007640
Bassin de Kugachiak Creek
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 : North Slope
Sub-basin area
473,1km²
Upstream area
473,1km²
Discharge
0,39m³/s
Mean elev.
16m
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 453.0 km²95.1% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Marine Protected Area
0.17 km² overlap
Alaska Maritime
IUCN IVNational Wildlife Refuge
0.17 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
50 distinct species · 632 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 19 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 Kugachiak Creek : 15 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 33 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 15.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 6 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°
-9,6°C
Annual rain
159mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,29
Runoff
175mm/an
PET
225mm
AET
158mm
Mean slope
1,4°
Water table
43cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
2%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)