HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #8080302780
Bassin de Jackfish 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, Division No. 17
Sub-basin area
1 135km²
Upstream area
1 135,1km²
Discharge
3,14m³/s
Mean elev.
365m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 994.1 km²87.1% of basin
- 147.1 km²12.9% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Wood Buffalo National Park
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
996.32 km² overlap
National Park
996.20 km² overlap
Wildland Provincial Park
144.60 km² overlap
Whooping Crane Summer Range
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
1.01 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 distinct species · 4 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°
-2,7°C
Annual rain
375mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,33
Runoff
41mm/an
PET
561mm
AET
326mm
Mean slope
1,0°
Water table
17cm
Forest
55%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)