HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #8080108770
Bassin de Sheenjek 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 : North Slope, Yukon-Koyukuk
Sub-basin area
710,3km²
Upstream area
3 503,8km²
Discharge
2,4m³/s
Mean elev.
764m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Sheenjek River2100 km²
- Bassin · #8080105850694 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 709.8 km²99.2% of basin
- 5.6 km²0.8% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Marine Protected Area
715.34 km² overlap
Mollie Beattie
IUCN IbWilderness Area
712.10 km² overlap
Arctic
IUCN IVNational Wildlife Refuge
712.10 km² overlap
Sheenjek River
IUCN VWild & Scenic River Corridor
103.83 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
124 distinct species · 179 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 Sheenjek River : 23 espèces reliées par 75 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 12.6%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 12 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°
-12,0°C
Annual rain
154mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,50
Runoff
48mm/an
PET
312mm
AET
168mm
Mean slope
6,4°
Water table
192cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)