HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #8080296020
Bassin de Alsek 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 3 administrative regions across 2 countries : Skagway-Yakutat-Angoon, Stikine, Yukon
Sub-basin area
559,4km²
Upstream area
559,4km²
Discharge
58,01m³/s
Mean elev.
1 203m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 470.9 km²83.7% of basin
- 91.1 km²16.2% of basin
- 0.5 km²0.1% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Kluane / Wrangell-St Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
560.58 km² overlap
TATSHENSHINI-ALSEK PARK
IUCN IbA - Park
471.30 km² overlap
National Park
91.02 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
13 distinct species · 24 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 5 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 Alsek River : 5 espèces reliées par 3 interactions GloBI sur 1 type (connectance 30.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
-2,5°C
Annual rain
1 143mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,61
Runoff
2 749mm/an
PET
448mm
AET
421mm
Mean slope
13,9°
Water table
401cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)