HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #8080143550
Bassin de Kuunajuk
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
2 738,4km²
Upstream area
8 653,8km²
Discharge
57,88m³/s
Mean elev.
249m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Kuunajuk1868 km²
- Bassin de Kuunajuk55 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1973.5 km²71.6% of basin
- 783.5 km²28.4% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Migratory Bird Sanctuary
95.68 km² overlap
Queen Maud Gulf
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
86.77 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
28 distinct species · 94 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 19 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 Kuunajuk : 19 espèces reliées par 16 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 9.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
-13,2°C
Annual rain
188mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,29
Runoff
205mm/an
PET
265mm
AET
180mm
Mean slope
2,0°
Water table
81cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
3%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)