HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #8080209300
Bassin de Finnie 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, Keewatin
Sub-basin area
570,4km²
Upstream area
3 037,8km²
Discharge
16,25m³/s
Mean elev.
275m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Finnie River673 km²
- Bassin de Finnie River447 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Fort Smith321.6 km²56.0% of basin
- 252.4 km²44.0% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Thelon Wildlife Sanctuary
IUCN IbWildlife Sanctuary
320.75 km² overlap
Thelon Wildlife Sanctuary
IUCN IbWildlife Sanctuary
253.23 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
4 distinct species · 4 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°
-11,5°C
Annual rain
234mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,26
Runoff
186mm/an
PET
318mm
AET
215mm
Mean slope
3,5°
Water table
76cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)