HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080033710
Bassin de Merkedamselva
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 9 administrative regions : Andebu, Borre, Hof, Holmestrand, Lardal +4
Sub-basin area
362,2km²
Upstream area
362,2km²
Discharge
7,58m³/s
Mean elev.
98m
Administrative coverage
9 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 118.9 km²32.6% of basin
- 77.5 km²21.3% of basin
- 45.6 km²12.5% of basin
- 40.4 km²11.1% of basin
- 35.3 km²9.7% of basin
- 33.0 km²9.1% of basin
- 12.6 km²3.5% of basin
- 0.9 km²0.2% of basin
1 moreFull L2 list
- Lardal0.0 km² · 0.0%
19 intersecting protected areas
Ryggsåsen
IUCN IaNature Reserve
1.42 km² overlap
Tjuvberget
IUCN IaNature Reserve
0.90 km² overlap
Verpelva
IUCN IaNature Reserve
0.44 km² overlap
Ilene
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
0.24 km² overlap
Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
0.23 km² overlap
Ilene
IUCN IaNature Reserve
0.23 km² overlap
Storås og Spirås
IUCN IaNature Reserve
0.19 km² overlap
Breimyr
IUCN IaNature Reserve
0.10 km² overlap
Breimyr
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
0.10 km² overlap
10 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Kulerødvannet
IUCN IaNature Reserve
0.10 km² overlap
Langrudmyra
IUCN IaNature Reserve
0.08 km² overlap
Grøum
IUCN IaNature Reserve
0.08 km² overlap
Våle prestegårdsskog
IUCN IaNature Reserve
0.06 km² overlap
Krøsstjernåsen
IUCN IaNature Reserve
0.01 km² overlap
Bogen
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
0.00 km² overlap
Bogen
IUCN IaNature Reserve
0.00 km² overlap
Sjuve
IUCN Not ReportedNatural Monument
0.00 km² overlap
Grøum
IUCN Not ReportedNatural Monument
0.00 km² overlap
Himberg
IUCN Not ReportedNatural Monument
0.00 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
5 559 distinct species · 107 292 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 37 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 Merkedamselva : 28 espèces reliées par 87 interactions GloBI sur 6 types (connectance 12.4%, 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°
6,5°C
Annual rain
741mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,33
Runoff
682mm/an
PET
500mm
AET
420mm
Mean slope
4,8°
Water table
274cm
Forest
20%
Crops
42%
Urban
5%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)