HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080027120
Bassin de Venta
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 2 administrative regions : Kuldiga, Ventspils
Sub-basin area
903,1km²
Upstream area
11 843,3km²
Discharge
128,84m³/s
Mean elev.
24m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
Outlet (drains to ocean / endorheic)
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Abava2169 km²
- Bassin de Padure136 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 819.4 km²90.3% of basin
- 88.1 km²9.7% of basin
28 intersecting protected areas
Platenes purvs
IUCN IVNature Reserve
4.55 km² overlap
Platenes purvs
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
4.55 km² overlap
Klāņu purvs
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
2.39 km² overlap
Klāņu purvs
IUCN IVNature Reserve
2.39 km² overlap
Pasilciema meži
IUCN IVNature Reserve
2.15 km² overlap
Ventas ieleja
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
1.45 km² overlap
Ventas ieleja
IUCN IVNature Reserve
1.45 km² overlap
Ventas ieleja
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
1.45 km² overlap
Gārzdes strauta meži
IUCN IVNature Reserve
1.39 km² overlap
19 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Elkšķenes meži
IUCN IVNature Reserve
1.36 km² overlap
Popes zāļu purvs
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.78 km² overlap
Popes zāļu purvs
IUCN IVNature Reserve
0.76 km² overlap
Abavas senleja
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.40 km² overlap
Abavas senleja
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
0.40 km² overlap
Tīšezers
IUCN IVNature Reserve
0.40 km² overlap
Tīšezers
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.40 km² overlap
Abavas senleja
IUCN IINature Park
0.39 km² overlap
Būšnieku ezera krasts
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.34 km² overlap
Būšnieku ezera krasts
IUCN IVNature Reserve
0.34 km² overlap
Dampeļu atsegums
IUCN IIINature Monument
0.06 km² overlap
Piešdanga
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.06 km² overlap
Piešdanga
IUCN IVNature Reserve
0.06 km² overlap
Popes muižas parks
IUCN IIINature Monument
0.04 km² overlap
Zlēku parks
IUCN IIINature Monument
0.04 km² overlap
Tārgales parks
IUCN IIINature Monument
0.03 km² overlap
Zūru muižas aleja
IUCN IIINature Monument
0.02 km² overlap
Leču parks
IUCN IIINature Monument
0.02 km² overlap
Priedulāju mežs
IUCN IVNature Reserve
0.02 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
541 distinct species · 3 178 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 Venta : 26 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 68 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 10.8%, 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°
6,4°C
Annual rain
663mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,17
Runoff
378mm/an
PET
549mm
AET
428mm
Mean slope
0,9°
Water table
49cm
Forest
68%
Crops
23%
Urban
2%
Protected
1%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)