HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #8080191340
Bassin · #8080191340
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
832km²
Upstream area
2 594,9km²
Discharge
8,88m³/s
Mean elev.
410m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Contwoyto River992 km²
- Bassin de Contwoyto River771 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 458.1 km²54.7% of basin
- Fort Smith379.3 km²45.3% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 distinct species · 3 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°
-11,4°C
Annual rain
245mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,23
Runoff
120mm/an
PET
319mm
AET
220mm
Mean slope
2,4°
Water table
83cm
Forest
2%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)