HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080023580
Bassin de Mussel-Aa-kanaal
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 11 administrative regions across 2 countries : Aa en Hunze, Borger-Odoorn, Emmen, Emsland, Leer +6
Sub-basin area
1 170,7km²
Upstream area
1 170,8km²
Discharge
16,12m³/s
Mean elev.
2m
Administrative coverage
11 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- WesterwoldeGroningen · Netherlands247.9 km²21.1% of basin
- OldambtGroningen · Netherlands201.7 km²17.2% of basin
- 137.7 km²11.7% of basin
- StadskanaalGroningen · Netherlands128.2 km²10.9% of basin
- Midden-GroningenGroningen · Netherlands96.6 km²8.2% of basin
- 82.4 km²7.0% of basin
- 79.8 km²6.8% of basin
- VeendamGroningen · Netherlands78.7 km²6.7% of basin
3 moreFull L2 list
- Pekela50.9 km² · 4.3%
- Emmen46.2 km² · 3.9%
- Aa en Hunze25.6 km² · 2.2%
20 intersecting protected areas
NNN-GR
IUCN Not AssignedNature Reserves owned by professional nature management organizations
54.43 km² overlap
Rheiderland
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
9.24 km² overlap
Rheiderland
IUCN VLandscape Protection Area
9.24 km² overlap
NNN-DR
IUCN Not AssignedNature Reserves owned by professional nature management organizations
3.11 km² overlap
Wadden Sea
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
1.58 km² overlap
Wadden Sea
IUCN IVWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
1.28 km² overlap
Waddenzee
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
1.22 km² overlap
Waddenzee
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
1.22 km² overlap
Waddenzee
IUCN IVNature Conservation Act
1.22 km² overlap
11 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
0.37 km² overlap
Niedersächsisches Wattenmeer
IUCN Not Assignedbiosphere reserve
0.37 km² overlap
Niedersächsisches Wattenmeer, Kernzone
IUCN Not Assignedbiosphere reserve - core area
0.37 km² overlap
Niedersächsisches Wattenmeer
IUCN IINational Park
0.37 km² overlap
Niedersächsisches Wattenmeer und angrenzendes Küstenmeer
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
0.36 km² overlap
Nationalpark Niedersächsisches Wattenmeer
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.36 km² overlap
Fehndorfer Moor
IUCN IVNature Reserve
0.31 km² overlap
Hochmoor Wymeer
IUCN IVNature Reserve
0.21 km² overlap
Lieftinghsbroek
IUCN IVNature Conservation Act
0.20 km² overlap
Lieftinghsbroek
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.20 km² overlap
Waddensea of Lower Saxony
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
0.05 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
8 242 distinct species · 1 080 069 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 37 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 Mussel-Aa-kanaal : 32 espèces + 6 bulles famille, 82 interactions GloBI documentées sur 5 types (connectance 11.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). Les 6 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°
8,9°C
Annual rain
780mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,14
Runoff
437mm/an
PET
671mm
AET
536mm
Mean slope
0,1°
Water table
4cm
Forest
0%
Crops
61%
Urban
11%
Protected
1%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)