HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #8080018840
Bassin de McConnell 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 : Keewatin
Sub-basin area
1 441,2km²
Upstream area
1 441,2km²
Discharge
0,56m³/s
Mean elev.
23m
Administrative coverage
3 intersecting protected areas
Migratory Bird Sanctuary
94.22 km² overlap
McConnell River
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
57.32 km² overlap
Migratory Bird Sanctuary
0.11 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
248 distinct species · 702 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 35 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 McConnell River : 18 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 113 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 17.9%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 18 bulles taxonomiques (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°
-10,0°C
Annual rain
331mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,04
Runoff
210mm/an
PET
346mm
AET
273mm
Mean slope
0,7°
Water table
31cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
6%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)