HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080017990
Bassin de Río Válor
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
749,1km²
Upstream area
749,2km²
Discharge
4,71m³/s
Mean elev.
1 079m
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 377.2 km²50.3% of basin
- 372.1 km²49.7% of basin
11 intersecting protected areas
Sierra Nevada
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
220.05 km² overlap
Sierra Nevada
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
220.05 km² overlap
Sierra Nevada
IUCN IVNatura 2000
220.05 km² overlap
Sierra Nevada
IUCN VNatural Park
110.06 km² overlap
Sierra Nevada
IUCN IINacional Park
109.99 km² overlap
Sierras de Gádor y Enix
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
51.77 km² overlap
Sierra de Gador y Enix
IUCN IVNatura 2000
51.77 km² overlap
Río Adra
IUCN IVNatura 2000
2.70 km² overlap
Río Adra
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
2.70 km² overlap
2 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Castala
IUCN Not AssignedPeriurban Protected Area
0.20 km² overlap
Sur de Almería - Seco de los Olivos
IUCN Not ReportedSite of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)
0.04 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
4 537 distinct species · 117 916 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 30 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 Válor : 20 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 93 interactions GloBI sur 6 types (connectance 17.6%, 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°
13,3°C
Annual rain
507mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,54
Runoff
124mm/an
PET
1 119mm
AET
422mm
Mean slope
13,7°
Water table
672cm
Forest
49%
Crops
29%
Urban
3%
Protected
29%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)