HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #8080322700
Bassin de Kwadacha 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 : Peace River, Stikine
Sub-basin area
2 438,1km²
Upstream area
2 438,3km²
Discharge
31,33m³/s
Mean elev.
1 493m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 2438.6 km²99.5% of basin
- 12.1 km²0.5% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
KWADACHA WILDERNESS PARK
IUCN IbA - Park
1044.28 km² overlap
Muskwa-Kechika Special Wildland Areas
IUCN Not ApplicableMuskwa-Kechika Special Wildland Areas
704.19 km² overlap
A - Park
14.74 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
178 distinct species · 273 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 Kwadacha River : 29 espèces reliées par 59 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 6.9%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 13 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°
-3,2°C
Annual rain
480mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,07
Runoff
378mm/an
PET
521mm
AET
384mm
Mean slope
19,8°
Water table
451cm
Forest
30%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
43%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)