HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #8080179720
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 : Fort Smith, Kitikmeot
Sub-basin area
1 092,6km²
Upstream area
6 093km²
Discharge
19,9m³/s
Mean elev.
372m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #8080187080540 km²
- Bassin de Back River535 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1059.2 km²96.3% of basin
- Fort Smith40.5 km²3.7% 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
Graphe en cours d’indexation
Calcul du tissu écologique de cette entité.
Le graphe apparaîtra automatiquement dès que le calcul est terminé (rafraîchissement toutes les 2s).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
-11,4°C
Annual rain
231mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,27
Runoff
116mm/an
PET
315mm
AET
212mm
Mean slope
2,9°
Water table
88cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)