HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #8080009570
Bassin de East Channel Mackenzie 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 : Inuvik
Sub-basin area
1 847,7km²
Upstream area
1 847,7km²
Discharge
0m³/s
Mean elev.
16m
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Inuvik1540.7 km²82.8% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Migratory Bird Sanctuary
394.82 km² overlap
Tarium Niryutait Marine Protected Area
IUCN Not ReportedMarine Protected Area
86.51 km² overlap
Migratory Bird Sanctuary
47.61 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
526 distinct species · 5 650 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 37 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 East Channel Mackenzie River : 22 espèces reliées par 105 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 13.5%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 18 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°
-10,7°C
Annual rain
170mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,42
Runoff
99mm/an
PET
292mm
AET
173mm
Mean slope
3,1°
Water table
56cm
Forest
1%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
28%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)