HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080022580
Bassin de Gaers Leet
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 across 2 countries : Nord, West-Vlaanderen
Sub-basin area
406,8km²
Upstream area
406,8km²
Discharge
6,34m³/s
Mean elev.
3m
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 263.8 km²64.6% of basin
- 141.3 km²34.6% of basin
29 communes (GADM L5)Available for FRA, RWA
- Warhem28.27 km²100% commune
- Dunkerque19.19 km²49% commune
- Hondschoote19.07 km²78% commune
- Téteghem18.96 km²100% commune
- Les Moëres18.62 km²100% commune
- Ghyvelde16.38 km²98% commune
- Quaëdypre12.74 km²68% commune
- Bierne11.38 km²100% commune
- Coudekerque-Village11.36 km²100% commune
- Steene10.00 km²98% commune
- Killem9.52 km²85% commune
- Armbouts-Cappel9.50 km²91% commune
- Coudekerque-Branche9.16 km²100% commune
- Uxem8.18 km²100% commune
- Crochte7.29 km²84% commune
- Socx6.96 km²90% commune
- Rexpoëde6.82 km²49% commune
- Bray-Dunes5.61 km²66% commune
- Cappelle-la-Grande5.52 km²100% commune
- Leffrinckoucke5.50 km²76% commune
- Hoymille5.49 km²100% commune
- Pitgam5.42 km²23% commune
- Grande-Synthe4.47 km²23% commune
- West-Cappel1.96 km²25% commune
- Bissezeele1.91 km²61% commune
- Zuydcoote1.64 km²59% commune
- Spycker1.62 km²17% commune
- Bergues1.26 km²100% commune
- Esquelbecq0.01 km²0% commune
30 intersecting protected areas
Duingebieden inclusief Ijzermonding en Zwin
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
7.54 km² overlap
De Westkust
IUCN Not AssignedFlemish Ecological Network (Flemish Region)
6.60 km² overlap
NBP-WV-22-0304 type 4
IUCN IVNature management plan type 4 (Flemish Region)
4.60 km² overlap
Westkust
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
3.89 km² overlap
Dunes de la plaine maritime flamande
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
2.54 km² overlap
Dune fossile
IUCN IVLand acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
2.19 km² overlap
Dunes flandriennes décalcifiées de Ghyvelde
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
1.93 km² overlap
Dune du perroquet
IUCN IVLand acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
1.35 km² overlap
NBP-WV-18-0008 type 4
IUCN IVNature management plan type 4 (Flemish Region)
0.99 km² overlap
21 more protected areassorted by overlap area
NBP-WV-21-0134 type 3
IUCN IVNature management plan type 3 (Flemish Region)
0.98 km² overlap
Dune dewulf
IUCN IVLand acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
0.68 km² overlap
p303
IUCN Not AssignedProtected Dunes (Flemish Region)
0.45 km² overlap
NBP-WV-22-0304 type 2
IUCN VINature management plan type 2 (Flemish Region)
0.23 km² overlap
p304
IUCN Not AssignedProtected Dunes (Flemish Region)
0.23 km² overlap
Dune Marchand
IUCN IVNational Nature Reserve
0.22 km² overlap
Dune marchand
IUCN IVLand acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
0.22 km² overlap
p308
IUCN Not AssignedProtected Dunes (Flemish Region)
0.21 km² overlap
p409
IUCN Not AssignedProtected Dunes (Flemish Region)
0.19 km² overlap
NBP-WV-19-0007 type 2
IUCN VINature management plan type 2 (Flemish Region)
0.19 km² overlap
Nature management plan type 4 (Flemish Region)
0.14 km² overlap
k411
IUCN Not AssignedProtected Dunes (Flemish Region)
0.13 km² overlap
p301
IUCN Not AssignedProtected Dunes (Flemish Region)
0.12 km² overlap
p413
IUCN Not AssignedProtected Dunes (Flemish Region)
0.12 km² overlap
p302
IUCN Not AssignedProtected Dunes (Flemish Region)
0.09 km² overlap
p306
IUCN Not AssignedProtected Dunes (Flemish Region)
0.09 km² overlap
k301
IUCN Not AssignedProtected Dunes (Flemish Region)
0.09 km² overlap
p408
IUCN Not AssignedProtected Dunes (Flemish Region)
0.09 km² overlap
k409
IUCN Not AssignedProtected Dunes (Flemish Region)
0.06 km² overlap
k302
IUCN Not AssignedProtected Dunes (Flemish Region)
0.06 km² overlap
NBP-WV-18-0008 type 2
IUCN VINature management plan type 2 (Flemish Region)
0.05 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
7 582 distinct species · 771 597 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 34 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 Gaers Leet : 23 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 160 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 22.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 15 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°
10,3°C
Annual rain
673mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,04
Runoff
493mm/an
PET
647mm
AET
501mm
Mean slope
0,2°
Water table
11cm
Forest
0%
Crops
58%
Urban
21%
Protected
3%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)