HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080023240
Bassin de Vecht
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 18 administrative regions : Amersfoort, Amsterdam, Bunnik, De Bilt, De Ronde Venen +13
Sub-basin area
371,4km²
Upstream area
371,6km²
Discharge
6,43m³/s
Mean elev.
3m
Administrative coverage
18 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Stichtse VechtUtrecht · Netherlands78.6 km²21.1% of basin
- 77.2 km²20.7% of basin
- De BiltUtrecht · Netherlands60.3 km²16.2% of basin
- UtrechtUtrecht · Netherlands52.7 km²14.1% of basin
- ZeistUtrecht · Netherlands26.6 km²7.1% of basin
- 20.4 km²5.5% of basin
- 19.8 km²5.3% of basin
- De Ronde VenenUtrecht · Netherlands10.7 km²2.9% of basin
10 moreFull L2 list
- Gooise Meren7.1 km² · 1.9%
- Nieuwegein5.6 km² · 1.5%
- Soest5.3 km² · 1.4%
- Bunnik3.3 km² · 0.9%
- Leusden1.9 km² · 0.5%
- Woudenberg1.2 km² · 0.3%
- Houten1.0 km² · 0.3%
- Amersfoort0.8 km² · 0.2%
- Amsterdam0.3 km² · 0.1%
- IJsselmeer0.2 km² · 0.0%
16 intersecting protected areas
NNN-NH
IUCN Not AssignedNature Reserves owned by professional nature management organizations
68.12 km² overlap
Oostelijke Vechtplassen
IUCN IVWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
64.76 km² overlap
Oostelijke Vechtplassen
IUCN IVNature Conservation Act
64.76 km² overlap
Oostelijke Vechtplassen
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
64.76 km² overlap
NNN-UT
IUCN Not AssignedNature Reserves owned by professional nature management organizations
63.54 km² overlap
Oostelijke Vechtplassen
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
44.02 km² overlap
Utrechtse Heuvelrug
IUCN IINational Park
12.59 km² overlap
Naardermeer
IUCN IVNature Conservation Act
4.60 km² overlap
Naardermeer
IUCN IVWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
4.60 km² overlap
7 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Naardermeer
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
4.60 km² overlap
Naardermeer
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
4.44 km² overlap
Markermeer & IJmeer
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
0.15 km² overlap
Markermeer & IJmeer
IUCN IVNature Conservation Act
0.15 km² overlap
Markermeer & IJmeer
IUCN IIWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
0.15 km² overlap
IJmeer
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
0.12 km² overlap
Markermeer & IJmeer
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.04 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
13 376 distinct species · 2 458 481 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 40 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 Vecht : 33 espèces + 7 bulles famille, 75 interactions GloBI documentées sur 4 types (connectance 9.6%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). Les 7 bulles regroupent des espèces visuellement absorbées par famille (≥3 espèces visibles).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
9,3°C
Annual rain
804mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,16
Runoff
481mm/an
PET
676mm
AET
537mm
Mean slope
0,3°
Water table
17cm
Forest
19%
Crops
4%
Urban
65%
Protected
19%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)