HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #8080315970
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
132,9km²
Upstream area
9 316,4km²
Discharge
26,45m³/s
Mean elev.
250m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Ruis Creek511 km²
- Bassin de Birch River55 km²
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 133.6 km²100.0% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Wood Buffalo National Park
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
133.58 km² overlap
National Park
133.58 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
0 distinct species · 0 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°
-1,0°C
Annual rain
392mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,38
Runoff
35mm/an
PET
635mm
AET
343mm
Mean slope
0,8°
Water table
17cm
Forest
97%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)