HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #8080012480
Bassin de Amitturyuap Kuugaa
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 : Kitikmeot
Sub-basin area
1 043km²
Upstream area
1 043km²
Discharge
2,73m³/s
Mean elev.
40m
Administrative coverage
3 intersecting protected areas
Migratory Bird Sanctuary
354.48 km² overlap
Queen Maud Gulf
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
194.63 km² overlap
Migratory Bird Sanctuary
1.41 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 1 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°
-13,9°C
Annual rain
143mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,41
Runoff
113mm/an
PET
243mm
AET
154mm
Mean slope
1,7°
Water table
64cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
34%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)