HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080019290
Bassin de Rio Coura
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 : Arcos de Valdevez, Caminha, Monção, Paredes de Coura, Ponte de Lima +3
Sub-basin area
258,2km²
Upstream area
258,2km²
Discharge
9,17m³/s
Mean elev.
351m
Administrative coverage
8 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Paredes de CouraViana do Castelo · Portugal129.0 km²49.9% of basin
- 68.0 km²26.3% of basin
- Vila Nova de CerveiraViana do Castelo · Portugal58.3 km²22.5% of basin
- Arcos de ValdevezViana do Castelo · Portugal1.7 km²0.7% of basin
- Viana do CasteloViana do Castelo · Portugal0.8 km²0.3% of basin
- Ponte de LimaViana do Castelo · Portugal0.6 km²0.2% of basin
- ValençaViana do Castelo · Portugal0.3 km²0.1% of basin
- MonçãoViana do Castelo · Portugal0.0 km²0.0% of basin
5 intersecting protected areas
Côrno do Bico
IUCN Not ReportedSite of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)
44.55 km² overlap
Corno do Bico
IUCN VProtected Landscape
18.11 km² overlap
Serra D'Arga
IUCN Not ReportedSite of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)
15.06 km² overlap
Estuários dos Rios Minho e Coura
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
5.37 km² overlap
Rio Minho
IUCN Not ReportedSite of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)
5.13 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 152 distinct species · 69 698 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 28 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 Rio Coura : 21 espèces reliées par 41 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 10.1%, 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°
13,2°C
Annual rain
1 457mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,40
Runoff
1 091mm/an
PET
868mm
AET
689mm
Mean slope
8,8°
Water table
371cm
Forest
98%
Crops
4%
Urban
0%
Protected
7%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)