HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #8080120780
Bassin · #8080120780
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
1 213,6km²
Upstream area
2 434,7km²
Discharge
9,12m³/s
Mean elev.
184m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #8080133860750 km²
- Bassin · #8080133760471 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1210.7 km²99.1% of basin
- 11.3 km²0.9% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Queen Maud Gulf
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
359.16 km² overlap
Migratory Bird Sanctuary
260.05 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 distinct species · 3 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°
-13,6°C
Annual rain
169mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,33
Runoff
114mm/an
PET
253mm
AET
168mm
Mean slope
1,9°
Water table
68cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
21%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)