HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080016890
Bassin de la Muga
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 across 2 countries : Girona, Pyrénées-Orientales
Sub-basin area
794,6km²
Upstream area
794,7km²
Discharge
9,1m³/s
Mean elev.
288m
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 772.6 km²97.1% of basin
- 23.2 km²2.9% of basin
13 communes (GADM L5)Available for FRA, RWA
- Coustouges13.30 km²79% commune
- Maureillas-las-Illas1.63 km²4% commune
- Sorède1.54 km²5% commune
- Saint-Laurent-de-Cerdans1.41 km²3% commune
- Argelès-sur-Mer1.26 km²2% commune
- Serralongue1.04 km²5% commune
- Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda1.00 km²3% commune
- Le Perthus0.74 km²17% commune
- Banyuls-sur-Mer0.46 km²1% commune
- L'Albère0.43 km²3% commune
- Laroque-des-Albères0.21 km²1% commune
- Céret0.12 km²0% commune
- Reynès0.08 km²0% commune
30 intersecting protected areas
Alta Garrotxa-Massís de les Salines
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
122.12 km² overlap
Alta Garrotxa-Massís de les Salines
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
122.12 km² overlap
L'Albera
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
103.87 km² overlap
L'Albera
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
103.87 km² overlap
Massís de l`Albera
IUCN VProtection Plan
103.61 km² overlap
Alta Garrotxa, l`
IUCN VProtection Plan
70.12 km² overlap
Massís de les Salines
IUCN VProtection Plan
48.00 km² overlap
Massís de l`Albera
IUCN IIINature Place (National Interest)
31.67 km² overlap
Aiguamolls de l’Empordà
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
11.04 km² overlap
21 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Basses de l`Albera
IUCN VProtection Plan
7.60 km² overlap
Basses de l'Albera
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
7.60 km² overlap
St. Quirze de Colera
IUCN IVNature Reserve (Parcial)
7.42 km² overlap
Aiguamolls de l'Alt Empordà
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
6.11 km² overlap
Aiguamolls de l'Alt Empordà
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
6.11 km² overlap
Aiguamolls de l`Alt Empordà
IUCN VIProtection Plan
6.11 km² overlap
Aiguamolls de l`Empordà
IUCN VNatural Park
6.10 km² overlap
Garriga d`Empordà
IUCN VProtection Plan
5.48 km² overlap
Garriga d'Empordà
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
5.48 km² overlap
Garriga d'Empordà
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
5.48 km² overlap
Vall de Sant Quirze
IUCN IVNature Reserve (Parcial)
4.98 km² overlap
Capçalera de l`Orlina
IUCN IVNature Reserve (Parcial)
3.74 km² overlap
Penya-segats de la Muga
IUCN VProtection Plan
3.57 km² overlap
Protection Plan
3.37 km² overlap
Riu Llobregat d'Empordà
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
3.37 km² overlap
Massif des Albères
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
2.67 km² overlap
Massif des Albères
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
2.67 km² overlap
Muga-Albanyà
IUCN IVNature Reserve (Parcial)
1.18 km² overlap
Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
1.18 km² overlap
Forêt De La Massane
IUCN IVNational Nature Reserve
1.18 km² overlap
Estanys de la Jonquera
IUCN IVNature Reserve (Wildlife)
0.76 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
6 582 distinct species · 163 208 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 Bassin de la Muga : 27 espèces + 7 bulles famille, 73 interactions GloBI documentées sur 3 types (connectance 13.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). Les 7 bulles regroupent des espèces visuellement absorbées par famille (≥3 espèces visibles).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
14,2°C
Annual rain
700mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,22
Runoff
356mm/an
PET
907mm
AET
582mm
Mean slope
8,7°
Water table
324cm
Forest
71%
Crops
17%
Urban
4%
Protected
30%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)