HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #8080126330
Bassin de Simpson 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 : Keewatin, Kitikmeot
Sub-basin area
437,3km²
Upstream area
3 530,1km²
Discharge
11,32m³/s
Mean elev.
88m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Simpson River2300 km²
- Bassin · #8080133610792 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 343.0 km²77.9% of basin
- 97.4 km²22.1% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Migratory Bird Sanctuary
440.33 km² overlap
Queen Maud Gulf
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
440.33 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
0 distinct species · 0 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Graphe en cours d’indexation
Calcul du tissu écologique de cette entité.
Le graphe apparaîtra automatiquement dès que le calcul est terminé (rafraîchissement toutes les 2s).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
-14,7°C
Annual rain
147mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,39
Runoff
103mm/an
PET
242mm
AET
156mm
Mean slope
1,9°
Water table
81cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)