HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080024090
Bassin de Este
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 6 administrative regions : Cuxhaven, Hamburg, Harburg, Heidekreis, Rotenburg (Wümme) +1
Sub-basin area
1 171,5km²
Upstream area
1 171,5km²
Discharge
1,05m³/s
Mean elev.
23m
Administrative coverage
6 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Stade784.3 km²66.7% of basin
- 269.7 km²22.9% of basin
- HamburgHamburg · Germany87.5 km²7.4% of basin
- Rotenburg (Wümme)4.4 km²0.4% of basin
- 0.3 km²0.0% of basin
- Cuxhaven0.0 km²0.0% of basin
30 intersecting protected areas
Unterelbe
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
90.18 km² overlap
Unterelbe
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
49.86 km² overlap
Kehdinger Marsch
IUCN VLandscape Protection Area
46.80 km² overlap
Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
41.45 km² overlap
Elbe und Inseln
IUCN IVNature Reserve
39.59 km² overlap
Landscape Protection Area
32.15 km² overlap
Estetal und Umgebung
IUCN VLandscape Protection Area
22.98 km² overlap
Rüstjer Forst
IUCN VLandscape Protection Area
20.95 km² overlap
Schwingetal
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
19.61 km² overlap
21 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Auetal
IUCN VLandscape Protection Area
19.09 km² overlap
Schwinge und Nebentäler
IUCN VLandscape Protection Area
16.58 km² overlap
Schwingetal
IUCN VLandscape Protection Area
15.05 km² overlap
Moore bei Buxtehude
IUCN IVNature Reserve
13.14 km² overlap
Moore bei Buxtehude
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
12.89 km² overlap
Este, Bötersheimer Heide, Glüsinger Bruch und Osterbruch
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
11.28 km² overlap
Moorgürtel
IUCN IVNature Reserve
9.50 km² overlap
Este- und Goldbecktal
IUCN VLandscape Protection Area
8.49 km² overlap
Moorgürtel
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
7.96 km² overlap
Fischbeker Heide
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
7.63 km² overlap
Fischbeker Heide
IUCN IVNature Reserve
7.62 km² overlap
Auetal und Nebentäler
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
7.52 km² overlap
Aueniederung und Nebentäler
IUCN IVNature Reserve
7.01 km² overlap
Estetal
IUCN IVNature Reserve
6.86 km² overlap
Asselersand
IUCN IVNature Reserve
6.46 km² overlap
Braken
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
5.74 km² overlap
Buxtehuder Geestrand
IUCN VLandscape Protection Area
5.59 km² overlap
Landscape Protection Area
5.58 km² overlap
Moorburg
IUCN VLandscape Protection Area
5.23 km² overlap
Braken und Harselah
IUCN IVNature Reserve
5.02 km² overlap
Nature Reserve
4.68 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
4 763 distinct species · 120 563 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 35 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 Este : 25 espèces reliées par 106 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 17.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 10 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°
8,4°C
Annual rain
754mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,07
Runoff
460mm/an
PET
701mm
AET
539mm
Mean slope
0,8°
Water table
48cm
Forest
13%
Crops
34%
Urban
15%
Protected
24%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)