HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #8080170630
Bassin de Sahtúdé
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, Inuvik
Sub-basin area
1 147,9km²
Upstream area
12 056,6km²
Discharge
52m³/s
Mean elev.
226m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #80801897201717 km²
- Bassin · #80801897301029 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Inuvik820.7 km²71.0% of basin
- Fort Smith334.7 km²29.0% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
National Historic Site
49.08 km² overlap
Johnny Hoe River
IUCN Not ApplicableConservation zone in regional land use plan
2.38 km² overlap
Sentinel Islands
IUCN Not ApplicableConservation zone in regional land use plan
0.10 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 1 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°
-6,4°C
Annual rain
287mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,37
Runoff
198mm/an
PET
458mm
AET
259mm
Mean slope
1,1°
Water table
10cm
Forest
8%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
4%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)