HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #8080254340
Bassin de Kuskokwim 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 : Bethel, Yukon-Koyukuk
Sub-basin area
2 017,3km²
Upstream area
42 556,9km²
Discharge
512,28m³/s
Mean elev.
173m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Nunsatuk River634 km²
- Bassin de Kuskokwim River601 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1132.7 km²55.8% of basin
- 896.8 km²44.2% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
88 distinct species · 137 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 25 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Bassin de Kuskokwim River : 20 espèces reliées par 37 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 11.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 6 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
-2,6°C
Annual rain
509mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,03
Runoff
471mm/an
PET
494mm
AET
373mm
Mean slope
6,9°
Water table
116cm
Forest
22%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
1%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)