HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #8080273500
Bassin · #8080273500
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 across 2 countries : Valdez-Cordova, Yukon
Sub-basin area
870,1km²
Upstream area
870,1km²
Discharge
25,2m³/s
Mean elev.
2 427m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 801.4 km²91.6% of basin
- 73.7 km²8.4% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Kluane / Wrangell-St Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
875.18 km² overlap
National Park
801.45 km² overlap
Wrangell-St. Elias
IUCN IINational Park
73.71 km² overlap
Wrangell-Saint Elias
IUCN IbWilderness Area
73.70 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°
-9,3°C
Annual rain
803mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,61
Runoff
1 132mm/an
PET
314mm
AET
312mm
Mean slope
20,7°
Water table
524cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)