HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #8080285610
Bassin · #8080285610
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 : Skagway-Yakutat-Angoon, Yukon
Sub-basin area
896,1km²
Upstream area
896,2km²
Discharge
41,52m³/s
Mean elev.
2 170m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 873.4 km²96.9% of basin
- 27.9 km²3.1% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Kluane / Wrangell-St Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
901.25 km² overlap
National Park
873.98 km² overlap
Wrangell-Saint Elias
IUCN IbWilderness Area
27.24 km² overlap
Wrangell-St. Elias
IUCN IINational Park
27.23 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
8 distinct species · 8 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°
-7,7°C
Annual rain
796mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,57
Runoff
1 681mm/an
PET
342mm
AET
334mm
Mean slope
16,3°
Water table
304cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)