HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080017950
Bassin de Río Nacimiento
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 : Almería, Granada
Sub-basin area
2 167,4km²
Upstream area
2 167,4km²
Discharge
4,92m³/s
Mean elev.
989m
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 2032.7 km²93.7% of basin
- 135.5 km²6.2% of basin
23 intersecting protected areas
Sierra Nevada
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
485.40 km² overlap
Sierra Nevada
IUCN IVNatura 2000
485.40 km² overlap
Sierra Nevada
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
485.40 km² overlap
Sierra Nevada
IUCN VNatural Park
362.69 km² overlap
Sierra de Gador y Enix
IUCN IVNatura 2000
249.49 km² overlap
Sierras de Gádor y Enix
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
249.49 km² overlap
Sierra Nevada
IUCN IINacional Park
122.71 km² overlap
Natura 2000
116.82 km² overlap
Ramblas de Gérgal, Tabernas y Sur de Sierra Alhamilla
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
116.74 km² overlap
14 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Desierto de Tabernas
IUCN IINature Place
114.57 km² overlap
Desierto de Tabernas
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
114.57 km² overlap
Desierto de Tabernas
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
114.57 km² overlap
Desierto de Tabernas
IUCN IVNatura 2000
114.57 km² overlap
Sierra Alhamilla
IUCN IVNatura 2000
59.31 km² overlap
Sierra Alhamilla
IUCN IINature Place
59.31 km² overlap
Sierra Alhamilla
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
59.31 km² overlap
Sierra Alhamilla
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
59.31 km² overlap
Sierra de Baza
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
42.42 km² overlap
Sierra de Baza
IUCN IVNatura 2000
42.42 km² overlap
Sierra de Baza
IUCN VNatural Park
42.42 km² overlap
Canales de Padules
IUCN IIINatural Monument
0.10 km² overlap
Bahía de Almería
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
0.06 km² overlap
Sur de Almería - Seco de los Olivos
IUCN Not ReportedSite of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)
0.06 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
6 294 distinct species · 248 126 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 37 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 Río Nacimiento : 20 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 95 interactions GloBI sur 6 types (connectance 12.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 19 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°
13,7°C
Annual rain
459mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,58
Runoff
69mm/an
PET
1 106mm
AET
391mm
Mean slope
11,1°
Water table
607cm
Forest
36%
Crops
23%
Urban
1%
Protected
33%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)