HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #8080258180
Bassin · #8080258180
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 1 administrative regions : Valdez-Cordova
Sub-basin area
242,1km²
Upstream area
242,1km²
Discharge
5,45m³/s
Mean elev.
2 530m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 243.6 km²100.0% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Kluane / Wrangell-St Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
243.58 km² overlap
Wrangell-St. Elias
IUCN IINational Park
243.58 km² overlap
Wrangell-Saint Elias
IUCN IbWilderness Area
243.58 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 1 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°
-10,5°C
Annual rain
657mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,53
Runoff
686mm/an
PET
309mm
AET
300mm
Mean slope
19,6°
Water table
482cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)