HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #8080287420
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 2 administrative regions : Division No. 16, Fort Smith
Sub-basin area
2 211km²
Upstream area
6 129,2km²
Discharge
19,86m³/s
Mean elev.
321m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Buffalo River2200 km²
- Bassin de Buffalo River1718 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1224.5 km²55.1% of basin
- Fort Smith998.9 km²44.9% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Wood Buffalo National Park
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
2223.39 km² overlap
National Park
1219.04 km² overlap
National Park
1004.35 km² overlap
Whooping Crane Summer Range
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
641.61 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
43 distinct species · 61 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 21 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 Buffalo River : 19 espèces reliées par 15 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 7.1%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 2 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°
-3,1°C
Annual rain
364mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,32
Runoff
93mm/an
PET
539mm
AET
317mm
Mean slope
0,9°
Water table
8cm
Forest
27%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)