HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #8080140910
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 1 administrative regions : Yukon-Koyukuk
Sub-basin area
2 461,2km²
Upstream area
12 552,6km²
Discharge
9,93m³/s
Mean elev.
359m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Sheenjek River893 km²
- Bassin de Koness River420 km²
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 2478.4 km²100.0% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Marine Protected Area
1305.73 km² overlap
Arctic
IUCN IVNational Wildlife Refuge
1298.87 km² overlap
Yukon Flats
IUCN IVNational Wildlife Refuge
978.04 km² overlap
Sheenjek River
IUCN VWild & Scenic River Corridor
154.18 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
64 distinct species · 145 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 29 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 : 26 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 35 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 8.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 4 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°
-8,6°C
Annual rain
166mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,61
Runoff
68mm/an
PET
431mm
AET
177mm
Mean slope
4,7°
Water table
95cm
Forest
23%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
92%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)