HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080026940
Bassin de Minija
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 1 administrative regions : Šilutės
Sub-basin area
34,2km²
Upstream area
3 091km²
Discharge
48,67m³/s
Mean elev.
-2m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
Outlet (drains to ocean / endorheic)
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Tenenys329 km²
- Bassin de Minija47 km²
11 intersecting protected areas
Nemunas Delta Regional Park
IUCN Not ReportedBaltic Sea Protected Area (HELCOM)
20.28 km² overlap
State Park
20.17 km² overlap
Nemuno delta
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
20.12 km² overlap
Nemuno delta
IUCN Not ReportedSite of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)
18.57 km² overlap
Nemunas Delta
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
15.65 km² overlap
Minijos upė
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
1.82 km² overlap
Minijos upės slėnis
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
0.65 km² overlap
Nature Reserve
0.22 km² overlap
Kintų pievos ir miškai
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.20 km² overlap
2 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Kintų botaninis draustinis
IUCN IVNature Reserve
0.20 km² overlap
Kuršių marios
IUCN Not ReportedSite of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)
0.14 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
323 distinct species · 2 084 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 27 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 Minija : 23 espèces dont 3 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 49 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 13.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 5 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°
7,1°C
Annual rain
755mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,21
Runoff
435mm/an
PET
600mm
AET
474mm
Mean slope
0,3°
Water table
12cm
Forest
18%
Crops
19%
Urban
0%
Protected
60%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)