HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #8080311240
Bassin de Embarras 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 1 administrative regions : Division No. 16
Sub-basin area
1 314,3km²
Upstream area
268 965,4km²
Discharge
1 148,7m³/s
Mean elev.
219m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Old Fort River220 km²
- Bassin de Athabasca River138 km²
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1321.3 km²100.0% of basin
5 intersecting protected areas
Wildland Provincial Park
371.11 km² overlap
Wood Buffalo National Park
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
145.86 km² overlap
National Park
145.86 km² overlap
Wildland Provincial Park
114.43 km² overlap
Wildland Provincial Park
9.08 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
564 distinct species · 5 593 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 38 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 Embarras River : 22 espèces reliées par 139 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 19.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 16 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°
-1,9°C
Annual rain
382mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,36
Runoff
15mm/an
PET
600mm
AET
333mm
Mean slope
0,6°
Water table
15cm
Forest
25%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
12%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)