HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #8080297440
Bassin de Tatshenshini 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 : Stikine, Yukon
Sub-basin area
1 433,4km²
Upstream area
3 603,3km²
Discharge
103,07m³/s
Mean elev.
1 043m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Parton River1404 km²
- Bassin de Klukshu River766 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 970.8 km²67.4% of basin
- 470.6 km²32.6% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Kluane / Wrangell-St Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
1208.12 km² overlap
TATSHENSHINI-ALSEK PARK
IUCN IbA - Park
973.01 km² overlap
National Park
235.09 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
634 distinct species · 3 377 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 41 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 Tatshenshini River : 21 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 111 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 11.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 23 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°
-2,2°C
Annual rain
812mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,37
Runoff
1 076mm/an
PET
500mm
AET
391mm
Mean slope
15,2°
Water table
345cm
Forest
3%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
84%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)