Rivière· 147 segments
Kootenay River
Crosses 5 administrative regions : Boundary, Central Kootenay, Columbia-Shuswap, East Kootenay, Lincoln
Total length
388km
Max discharge
842m³/s
Max Strahler
6
Segments matched
147
River geography5 admin regions · 0 communes
5 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)
- East KootenayBritish Columbia · Canada530.5 kmin this dpt
- Central KootenayBritish Columbia · Canada39.9 kmin this dpt
- Columbia-ShuswapBritish Columbia · Canada0.9 kmin this dpt
- BoundaryIdaho · United States0.0 kmin this dpt
- LincolnMontana · United States0.0 kmin this dpt
28 intersecting protected areas
Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
Wildlife Habitat Areas
IUCN Not ApplicableWildlife Habitat Areas
National Park
Wildlife Management Area
Reserve Program
Privately Protected Area
Kootenay River Ranch
IUCN IVPrivately Owned Conservation Area
Boundary Creek
IUCN VWildlife Management Area
Privately Owned Conservation Area
19 more protected areassorted by area
KIKOMUN CREEK PARK
IUCN IIA - Park
Sheep Mountain
IUCN IVPrivately Owned Conservation Area
Privately Protected Area
Privately Owned Conservation Area
DUC Fee Simple Lands
IUCN IVOwnership by Environmental Non-Governmental Organization
WASA LAKE PARK
IUCN IIA - Park
Privately Owned Conservation Area
Privately Protected Area
Privately Owned Conservation Area
Privately Protected Area
Privately Owned Conservation Area
Privately Owned Conservation Area
Cherry Meadows
IUCN IVPrivately Owned Conservation Area
Privately Protected Area
Wasa Slough
IUCN IVPrivately Owned Conservation Area
Bull River - Armstrong
IUCN IVPrivately Owned Conservation Area
Gold Creek - Strauss
IUCN IVPrivately Owned Conservation Area
WARDNER PARK
IUCN Not ReportedA - Park
Privately Owned Conservation Area
1 page = 1 named river (aggregation of 147 HydroRIVERS v10 segments). Spatial join cached after first hit.
Species present
264 distinct species · 2 091 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 34 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 Kootenay River : 19 espèces reliées par 80 interactions GloBI sur 6 types (connectance 14.3%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 15 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology (HydroRIVERS v10)
Total length
388km
Max discharge
842,0m³/s
Max Strahler
6
Segments matched
147
HydroRIVERS v1.0 (Lehner et al. 2019) aggregated by name + main_riv → 1 entity = 1 named river.