HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #8080013630
Bassin de Castor and Pollux 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 : Kitikmeot
Sub-basin area
576,2km²
Upstream area
576,2km²
Discharge
1,62m³/s
Mean elev.
21m
Species present
28 distinct species · 143 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 12 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 Castor and Pollux River : 11 espèces reliées par 22 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 33.3%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 1 bulle taxonomique (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°
-15,4°C
Annual rain
157mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,33
Runoff
190mm/an
PET
233mm
AET
158mm
Mean slope
1,9°
Water table
46cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)