HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #8080074960
Bassin de Nanook 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
1,8km²
Upstream area
4 737,1km²
Discharge
17,6m³/s
Mean elev.
22m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Kugaituk River2044 km²
- Bassin de Ekatuk River583 km²
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
13 distinct species · 13 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°
-15,4°C
Annual rain
86mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,56
Runoff
127mm/an
PET
195mm
AET
118mm
Mean slope
2,2°
Water table
75cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)