HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #8080013070
Bassin · #8080013070
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
390,3km²
Upstream area
390,3km²
Discharge
0,9m³/s
Mean elev.
31m
Administrative coverage
3 intersecting protected areas
Queen Maud Gulf
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
391.85 km² overlap
Migratory Bird Sanctuary
384.45 km² overlap
Migratory Bird Sanctuary
8.60 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
5 distinct species · 9 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°
-15,1°C
Annual rain
146mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,41
Runoff
139mm/an
PET
246mm
AET
156mm
Mean slope
1,5°
Water table
54cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)