HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080019790
Bassin de Río Esva
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 1 administrative regions : Asturias
Sub-basin area
829,9km²
Upstream area
829,9km²
Discharge
4,52m³/s
Mean elev.
389m
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 810.7 km²97.5% of basin
13 intersecting protected areas
Cabo Busto-Luanco
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
24.36 km² overlap
Cabo Busto-Luanco
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
24.36 km² overlap
Penarronda-Barayo
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
8.86 km² overlap
Penarronda-Barayo
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
8.86 km² overlap
Hoces del Esva
IUCN IIINatural Monument
7.60 km² overlap
Barayo
IUCN VINature Reserve (Parcial)
3.54 km² overlap
Corredor migratorio galaico-cantábrico occidental
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
3.33 km² overlap
Río Esva
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
2.04 km² overlap
Río Negro
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.55 km² overlap
4 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Turbera de Las Dueñas
IUCN IIINatural Monument
0.26 km² overlap
Turbera de Las Dueñas
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.26 km² overlap
Río Esqueiro
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.17 km² overlap
Playa de Frexulfe
IUCN IIINatural Monument
0.15 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 901 distinct species · 41 834 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 38 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 Esva : 33 espèces reliées par 81 interactions GloBI sur 6 types (connectance 10.9%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 6 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°
12,3°C
Annual rain
899mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,02
Runoff
783mm/an
PET
882mm
AET
659mm
Mean slope
15,4°
Water table
533cm
Forest
88%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
1%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)