HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #8080316130
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 2 administrative regions : Division No. 16, Division No. 17
Sub-basin area
1 221,6km²
Upstream area
7 013,2km²
Discharge
18,76m³/s
Mean elev.
262m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Birch River2602 km²
- Bassin de Nanuche Creek149 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 822.9 km²67.0% of basin
- 405.1 km²33.0% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Wood Buffalo National Park
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
339.58 km² overlap
National Park
339.58 km² overlap
Wildland Provincial Park
65.56 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
18 distinct species · 20 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 13 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 : 13 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 9 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 11.5%, filtre Serrano α=0.2).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
-0,9°C
Annual rain
390mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,38
Runoff
29mm/an
PET
633mm
AET
341mm
Mean slope
0,5°
Water table
9cm
Forest
56%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
28%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)