HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #8080154460
Bassin de Coppermine 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 : Fort Smith, Kitikmeot
Sub-basin area
349,8km²
Upstream area
350km²
Discharge
2,28m³/s
Mean elev.
429m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 330.6 km²93.9% of basin
- Fort Smith21.6 km²6.1% of basin
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°
-10,4°C
Annual rain
245mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,24
Runoff
204mm/an
PET
321mm
AET
219mm
Mean slope
5,9°
Water table
125cm
Forest
1%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)