HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #8080013480
Bassin de Back 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 2 administrative regions : Keewatin, Kitikmeot
Sub-basin area
136km²
Upstream area
118 549,9km²
Discharge
753,89m³/s
Mean elev.
14m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
Outlet (drains to ocean / endorheic)
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Hayes River1101 km²
- Bassin de Back River676 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 110.5 km²80.6% of basin
- 1.7 km²1.2% of basin
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
Graphe en cours d’indexation
Calcul du tissu écologique de cette entité.
Le graphe apparaîtra automatiquement dès que le calcul est terminé (rafraîchissement toutes les 2s).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
-14,8°C
Annual rain
171mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,33
Runoff
203mm/an
PET
255mm
AET
170mm
Mean slope
1,5°
Water table
48cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)