HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #8080322240
Bassin de Buckinghorse 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 : Peace River
Sub-basin area
1 208,8km²
Upstream area
1 208,8km²
Discharge
9,81m³/s
Mean elev.
1 068m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1214.9 km²100.0% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
SIKANNI CHIEF CANYON PARK
IUCN IIA - Park
18.63 km² overlap
Wildlife Habitat Areas
IUCN Not ApplicableWildlife Habitat Areas
11.71 km² overlap
BUCKINGHORSE RIVER WAYSIDE PARK
IUCN Not ReportedA - Park
0.36 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
297 distinct species · 1 626 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 42 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 Buckinghorse River : 22 espèces reliées par 117 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 12.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 22 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
505mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,11
Runoff
278mm/an
PET
566mm
AET
423mm
Mean slope
7,1°
Water table
143cm
Forest
90%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
2%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)