HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #8080312200
Bassin de Birch 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
2 280,2km²
Upstream area
17 004,3km²
Discharge
39,41m³/s
Mean elev.
227m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #80803126301626 km²
- Bassin de Birch River979 km²
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 2292.4 km²100.0% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Wood Buffalo National Park
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
2292.41 km² overlap
National Park
2292.41 km² overlap
Peace-Athabasca Delta
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
1245.45 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
107 distinct species · 343 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 29 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 Birch River : 21 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 54 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 12.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 9 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°
-1,7°C
Annual rain
379mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,38
Runoff
12mm/an
PET
616mm
AET
332mm
Mean slope
0,3°
Water table
5cm
Forest
15%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)