HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #8080133860
Bassin · #8080133860
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
750,4km²
Upstream area
750,6km²
Discharge
3,64m³/s
Mean elev.
240m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 727.9 km²96.3% of basin
- 27.6 km²3.7% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Queen Maud Gulf
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
249.11 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
Not enough documented interactions to build a meaningful graph for this territory.
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
-13,5°C
Annual rain
178mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,31
Runoff
154mm/an
PET
256mm
AET
173mm
Mean slope
1,7°
Water table
69cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)