HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080033670
Bassin de Drammenselva
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 14 administrative regions : Drammen, Flesberg, Hof, Holmestrand, Kongsberg +9
Sub-basin area
997,2km²
Upstream area
17 189,2km²
Discharge
319,13m³/s
Mean elev.
264m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
Outlet (drains to ocean / endorheic)
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Simoa891 km²
- Bassin de Drammenselva18 km²
14 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 435.0 km²43.4% of basin
- 147.3 km²14.7% of basin
- 100.3 km²10.0% of basin
- 91.7 km²9.1% of basin
- 55.2 km²5.5% of basin
- 50.9 km²5.1% of basin
- 45.0 km²4.5% of basin
- 29.5 km²2.9% of basin
30 intersecting protected areas
Skibergfjell
IUCN IaNature Reserve
7.19 km² overlap
Presteseter
IUCN IaNature Reserve
5.97 km² overlap
Fosseteråsen
IUCN IaNature Reserve
2.11 km² overlap
Strykenåsen
IUCN IaNature Reserve
2.08 km² overlap
Strykenåsen
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
2.08 km² overlap
Sæteråsen
IUCN IaNature Reserve
2.01 km² overlap
Hvittingen
IUCN IaNature Reserve
1.89 km² overlap
Fiskumvannet Nature Reserve
IUCN IaWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
1.17 km² overlap
Fiskumvannet
IUCN IaNature Reserve
1.17 km² overlap
21 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Bremsåsen
IUCN IaNature Reserve
0.70 km² overlap
Bremsåsen
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
0.70 km² overlap
Solbergfjellet
IUCN IaNature Reserve
0.69 km² overlap
Solbergfjellet
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
0.69 km² overlap
Austadmarka
IUCN IaNature Reserve
0.68 km² overlap
Kolbergtjernmyra
IUCN IaNature Reserve
0.54 km² overlap
Leitjernsfjellet
IUCN IaNature Reserve
0.40 km² overlap
Veia
IUCN IaNature Reserve
0.39 km² overlap
Klippa
IUCN IaNature Reserve
0.27 km² overlap
St. Hansåsen
IUCN IaNature Reserve
0.23 km² overlap
Granslia
IUCN IaNature Reserve
0.22 km² overlap
Sandsbakken
IUCN IaNature Reserve
0.09 km² overlap
Tjønna
IUCN IaNature Reserve
0.09 km² overlap
Hillestadåsen
IUCN IaNature Reserve
0.07 km² overlap
Høymyr
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
0.05 km² overlap
Høymyr
IUCN IaNature Reserve
0.05 km² overlap
Trestikle
IUCN IaNature Reserve
0.05 km² overlap
Bergan
IUCN IaNature Reserve
0.03 km² overlap
Austad
IUCN Not ReportedNatural Monument
0.02 km² overlap
Hamrefjell
IUCN IaNature Reserve
0.02 km² overlap
Stavlum
IUCN IaNature Reserve
0.02 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
11 748 distinct species · 586 308 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 36 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 Drammenselva : 27 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 89 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 14.1%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 9 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°
4,8°C
Annual rain
753mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,29
Runoff
642mm/an
PET
531mm
AET
442mm
Mean slope
7,2°
Water table
337cm
Forest
74%
Crops
4%
Urban
7%
Protected
1%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)