HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #8080178390
Bassin de Back 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 : Keewatin, Kitikmeot
Sub-basin area
564,9km²
Upstream area
564,9km²
Discharge
2,71m³/s
Mean elev.
268m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 518.8 km²91.2% of basin
- 49.9 km²8.8% 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°
-12,3°C
Annual rain
211mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,27
Runoff
153mm/an
PET
288mm
AET
196mm
Mean slope
1,9°
Water table
75cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)