HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080018550
Bassin de Ribeira de Odelouca
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 8 administrative regions : Almodôvar, Lagoa, Loulé, Monchique, Odemira +3
Sub-basin area
970,2km²
Upstream area
970,3km²
Discharge
16,13m³/s
Mean elev.
213m
Administrative coverage
8 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- SilvesFaro · Portugal488.9 km²50.4% of basin
- MonchiqueFaro · Portugal161.2 km²16.6% of basin
- AlmodôvarBeja · Portugal151.5 km²15.6% of basin
- 78.2 km²8.1% of basin
- PortimãoFaro · Portugal57.2 km²5.9% of basin
- LagoaFaro · Portugal19.9 km²2.0% of basin
- OuriqueBeja · Portugal13.1 km²1.4% of basin
- 0.6 km²0.1% of basin
7 intersecting protected areas
Monchique
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
291.99 km² overlap
Monchique
IUCN Not ReportedSite of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)
291.99 km² overlap
Caldeirão
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
203.07 km² overlap
Caldeirão
IUCN Not ReportedSite of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)
203.07 km² overlap
Arade / Odelouca
IUCN Not ReportedSite of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)
21.07 km² overlap
Barrocal
IUCN Not ReportedSite of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)
5.81 km² overlap
Ribeira do Vascão
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
4.18 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
4 556 distinct species · 201 569 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 31 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 Ribeira de Odelouca : 23 espèces reliées par 62 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 13.3%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 8 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°
16,2°C
Annual rain
550mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,50
Runoff
323mm/an
PET
1 102mm
AET
466mm
Mean slope
7,7°
Water table
387cm
Forest
48%
Crops
9%
Urban
2%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)