HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080023220
Bassin de Beemsterringvaart
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 29 administrative regions : Aalsmeer, Alkmaar, Amstelveen, Amsterdam, Beemster +24
Sub-basin area
794,8km²
Upstream area
794,8km²
Discharge
13m³/s
Mean elev.
-2m
Administrative coverage
29 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 139.0 km²17.4% of basin
- 105.4 km²13.2% of basin
- 72.4 km²9.1% of basin
- 69.1 km²8.7% of basin
- 55.1 km²6.9% of basin
- 45.1 km²5.7% of basin
- 36.0 km²4.5% of basin
- 32.1 km²4.0% of basin
21 moreFull L2 list
- Landsmeer26.5 km² · 3.3%
- Haarlemmermeer23.7 km² · 3.0%
- Heerhugowaard22.5 km² · 2.8%
- Ouder-Amstel22.1 km² · 2.8%
- Uitgeest22.0 km² · 2.8%
- Waterland19.9 km² · 2.5%
- Edam-Volendam17.2 km² · 2.2%
- Purmerend16.8 km² · 2.1%
- Oostzaan16.2 km² · 2.0%
- Heemskerk15.2 km² · 1.9%
- Langedijk11.1 km² · 1.4%
- Heiloo10.7 km² · 1.3%
- De Ronde Venen9.1 km² · 1.1%
- Uithoorn3.1 km² · 0.4%
- Beverwijk2.2 km² · 0.3%
- Diemen2.1 km² · 0.3%
- Schagen1.3 km² · 0.2%
- Opmeer1.0 km² · 0.1%
- IJsselmeer0.5 km² · 0.1%
- Aalsmeer0.3 km² · 0.0%
- Weesp0.1 km² · 0.0%
17 intersecting protected areas
NNN-NH
IUCN Not AssignedNature Reserves owned by professional nature management organizations
124.20 km² overlap
Nature Conservation Act
25.54 km² overlap
Ilperveld, Varkensland, Oostzanerveld & Twiske
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
22.34 km² overlap
Ilperveld, Varkensland, Oostzanerveld & Twiske
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
19.10 km² overlap
Nature Conservation Act
18.39 km² overlap
Wormer- en Jisperveld & Kalverpolder
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
17.43 km² overlap
Wormer- en Jisperveld & Kalverpolder
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
14.53 km² overlap
Eilandspolder
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
13.97 km² overlap
Eilandspolder
IUCN IVNature Conservation Act
13.97 km² overlap
8 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Polder Westzaan
IUCN IVNature Conservation Act
10.57 km² overlap
Polder Westzaan
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
10.57 km² overlap
Eilandspolder
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
7.98 km² overlap
Polder Zeevang
IUCN IVNature Conservation Act
7.20 km² overlap
Polder Zeevang
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
7.20 km² overlap
Noordhollands Duinreservaat
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
4.64 km² overlap
Noordhollands Duinreservaat
IUCN IVNature Conservation Act
4.64 km² overlap
NNN-UT
IUCN Not AssignedNature Reserves owned by professional nature management organizations
0.52 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
15 933 distinct species · 6 256 660 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 36 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 Beemsterringvaart : 15 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 230 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 14.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 42 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°
9,2°C
Annual rain
792mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,24
Runoff
489mm/an
PET
603mm
AET
497mm
Mean slope
0,2°
Water table
5cm
Forest
2%
Crops
16%
Urban
58%
Protected
10%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)