HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080027350
Bassin de Gauja
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 3 administrative regions : Cesis, Limbaži, Riga
Sub-basin area
746,9km²
Upstream area
9 160,7km²
Discharge
148,16m³/s
Mean elev.
46m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
Outlet (drains to ocean / endorheic)
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Gauja1546 km²
- Bassin de Brasla520 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 735.1 km²97.9% of basin
- 8.2 km²1.1% of basin
- 7.1 km²0.9% of basin
30 intersecting protected areas
Gaujas Nacionālais parks
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
153.38 km² overlap
Gaujas Nacionālais parks
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
153.38 km² overlap
Gaujas Nacionālais parks
IUCN IINational Park
153.38 km² overlap
Ādaži
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
21.70 km² overlap
Ādaži
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
21.70 km² overlap
Ādaži
IUCN VProtected Landscape Area
21.70 km² overlap
Garkalnes meži
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
14.60 km² overlap
Garkalnes meži
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
14.60 km² overlap
Garkalnes meži
IUCN IVNature Reserve
14.59 km² overlap
21 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Piejūra
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
7.80 km² overlap
Piejūra
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
7.80 km² overlap
Piejūra
IUCN IINature Park
7.79 km² overlap
Mazie Kangari
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
2.56 km² overlap
Mazie Kangari
IUCN IVNature Reserve
2.56 km² overlap
Lieluikas un Mazuikas ezers
IUCN IVNature Reserve
1.22 km² overlap
Tumšupes meži
IUCN IVNature Reserve
1.06 km² overlap
Svīķupīte un Kautraka gravas
IUCN IIINature Monument
0.80 km² overlap
Daudas un Jodupītes ielejas
IUCN IIINature Monument
0.72 km² overlap
Laugas purvs
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.59 km² overlap
Laugas purvs
IUCN IVNature Reserve
0.59 km² overlap
Nature Monument
0.34 km² overlap
Nature Monument
0.31 km² overlap
Cīruļu iezis un Blusu ala
IUCN IIINature Monument
0.31 km² overlap
Mežmuižas avoti
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.27 km² overlap
Mežmuižas avoti
IUCN IVNature Reserve
0.27 km² overlap
Ezernieku karsta kritenes
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.21 km² overlap
Ziedleju klintis
IUCN IIINature Monument
0.21 km² overlap
Lielā Baltezera salas
IUCN IVNature Reserve
0.18 km² overlap
Lielā Baltezera salas
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.18 km² overlap
Līdumnieku avots
IUCN IIINature Monument
0.18 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 065 distinct species · 21 817 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 41 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 Gauja : 35 espèces reliées par 57 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 7.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 6 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°
5,9°C
Annual rain
652mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,13
Runoff
336mm/an
PET
570mm
AET
451mm
Mean slope
1,4°
Water table
92cm
Forest
57%
Crops
22%
Urban
2%
Protected
27%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)