HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #8080285120
Bassin de Buffalo 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 1 administrative regions : Fort Smith
Sub-basin area
385,2km²
Upstream area
14 413,9km²
Discharge
41,66m³/s
Mean elev.
265m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Buffalo River2211 km²
- Bassin de Yates River287 km²
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Fort Smith387.4 km²100.0% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Wood Buffalo National Park
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
387.36 km² overlap
National Park
387.36 km² overlap
Whooping Crane Summer Range
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
378.02 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
0 distinct species · 0 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°
-3,2°C
Annual rain
354mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,33
Runoff
84mm/an
PET
529mm
AET
310mm
Mean slope
0,6°
Water table
8cm
Forest
5%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)