HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #8080012980
Bassin · #8080012980
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
788,4km²
Upstream area
788,4km²
Discharge
2,72m³/s
Mean elev.
59m
Administrative coverage
3 intersecting protected areas
Queen Maud Gulf
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
793.87 km² overlap
Migratory Bird Sanctuary
793.84 km² overlap
Migratory Bird Sanctuary
0.03 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
0 distinct species · 0 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°
-14,9°C
Annual rain
144mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,41
Runoff
112mm/an
PET
243mm
AET
154mm
Mean slope
3,0°
Water table
83cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)