HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080014310

Bassin de Canale Ostone

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 3 administrative regions : Brindisi, Lecce, Taranto

Coastal basinPfafstetter: 21409750

Sub-basin area

2 625,7km²

Upstream area

2 625,7km²

Discharge

2,99m³/s

Mean elev.

52m

Administrative coverage

3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)

Lecce
Apulia · Italy
1521.3 km²
57.9% of basin
Taranto
Apulia · Italy
524.1 km²
19.9% of basin
Brindisi
Apulia · Italy
499.1 km²
19.0% of basin

30 intersecting protected areas

Parco naturale regionale Costa Otranto - Santa Maria di Leuca e Bosco di Tricase
IUCN V
Regional/Provincial Nature Park
31.77 km² overlap
Costa Otranto - Santa Maria di Leuca
IUCN Not Reported
Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
30.05 km² overlap
Parco naturale regionale Salina di Punta della Contessa
IUCN V
Regional/Provincial Nature Park
16.72 km² overlap
Parco naturale regionale Litorale di Ugento
IUCN V
Regional/Provincial Nature Park
16.34 km² overlap
Parco naturale regionale Bosco e Paludi di Rauccio
IUCN V
Regional/Provincial Nature Park
16.07 km² overlap
Alimini
IUCN Not Reported
Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
15.21 km² overlap
Riserva naturale regionale orientata Boschi di Santa Teresa e dei Lucci
IUCN IV
Regional/Provincial Nature Reserve
12.88 km² overlap
Litorale di Ugento
IUCN Not Reported
Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
11.97 km² overlap
Parco naturale regionale Porto Selvaggio e Palude del Capitano
IUCN V
Regional/Provincial Nature Park
11.20 km² overlap

21 more protected areassorted by overlap area

Riserva naturale regionale orientata del Litorale Tarantino Orientale
IUCN IV
Regional/Provincial Nature Reserve
10.91 km² overlap
Palude del Conte, dune di Punta Prosciutto
IUCN Not Reported
Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
10.63 km² overlap
Riserva naturale regionale orientata Bosco di Cerano
IUCN IV
Regional/Provincial Nature Reserve
9.84 km² overlap
Riserva naturale regionale orientata Palude del Conte e Duna Costiera - Porto Cesareo
IUCN V
Regional/Provincial Nature Reserve
9.18 km² overlap
Le Cesine
IUCN Not Reported
Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
8.07 km² overlap
Porto Cesareo
IUCN Not Reported
Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)
7.78 km² overlap
Parco naturale regionale Isola di Sant'Andrea e litorale di Punta Pizzo
IUCN V
Regional/Provincial Nature Park
6.98 km² overlap
Area naturale marina protetta Porto Cesareo
IUCN IV
Natural Marine Reserve and Natural Protected Marine Areas
6.45 km² overlap
Le Cesine
IUCN Not Reported
Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)
6.43 km² overlap
Le Cesine
IUCN IV
Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
6.35 km² overlap
Rauccio
IUCN Not Reported
Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
5.89 km² overlap
Litorale di Gallipoli e Isola S. Andrea
IUCN Not Reported
Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
5.80 km² overlap
Litorale di Gallipoli e Isola S. Andrea
IUCN Not Reported
Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)
5.80 km² overlap
Torre Colimena
IUCN Not Reported
Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
5.77 km² overlap
Bosco La Lizza e Macchia del Pagliarone
IUCN Not Reported
Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
4.76 km² overlap
Specchia dell'Alto
IUCN Not Reported
Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
4.35 km² overlap
Torre Veneri
IUCN Not Reported
Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
3.83 km² overlap
Riserva naturale Le Cesine
IUCN IV
State Nature Reserve
3.61 km² overlap
Torre Uluzzo
IUCN Not Reported
Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
3.51 km² overlap
Montagna Spaccata e Rupi di San Mauro
IUCN Not Reported
Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
2.68 km² overlap
Stagni e Saline di Punta della Contessa
IUCN Not Reported
Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
2.14 km² overlap

Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.

Species present

3 313 distinct species · 49 761 observations

Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.

Ecological tissue

Sample of 43 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).

RègnesAnimalPlanteChampignonBacterie

RelationsPredationParasitismeSymbiosePollinisation

StatutEn dangerVulnérableProtégéeEndémique

RègnesAnimalPlanteChampignonBacterie

RelationsPredationParasitismeSymbiosePollinisation

StatutEn dangerVulnérableProtégéeEndémique

Indicateurs du tissu écologique

Tissu écologique de Bassin de Canale Ostone : 35 espèces dont 3 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 86 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 9.1%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 9 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).

Espèces affichées

Interactions affichées

Connectance

0.091

Patrimoniales

Plus dense que (national)0 %(top 100%)

Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).

Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)

Mean T°

16,6°C

Annual rain

602mm

Moisture idx (CMI)

-0,40

Runoff

315mm/an

PET

1 002mm

AET

506mm

Mean slope

0,8°

Water table

77cm

Forest

Crops

Urban

15%

Protected

HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)