HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080048800
Bassin de River Arun
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 : NA, Surrey, West Sussex
Sub-basin area
1 003,3km²
Upstream area
1 003,3km²
Discharge
14,45m³/s
Mean elev.
69m
Administrative coverage
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- West SussexEngland · United Kingdom786.8 km²78.1% of basin
- SurreyEngland · United Kingdom129.1 km²12.8% of basin
- NAEngland · United Kingdom91.1 km²9.0% of basin
30 intersecting protected areas
South Downs
IUCN VNational Park
575.95 km² overlap
Surrey Hills
IUCN VArea of Outstanding Natural Beauty
66.44 km² overlap
High Weald
IUCN VArea of Outstanding Natural Beauty
28.39 km² overlap
Chiddingfold Forest
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
5.40 km² overlap
Arun Valley
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
5.31 km² overlap
Arun Valley
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
5.31 km² overlap
Arun Valley
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
4.88 km² overlap
Amberley Wild Brooks
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
3.28 km² overlap
East Hampshire Hangers
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
3.14 km² overlap
21 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Wealden Heaths Phase 2
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
3.04 km² overlap
Woolmer Forest
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
3.04 km² overlap
Petworth House and Park
IUCN VNature Reserve
2.95 km² overlap
Woolbeding Countryside
IUCN VNature Reserve
2.66 km² overlap
Parham Park
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
2.63 km² overlap
Pulborough Brooks
IUCN IVNature Reserve
2.57 km² overlap
Ebernoe Common
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
2.35 km² overlap
Ebernoe Common
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
2.34 km² overlap
Duncton to Bignor Escarpment
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
2.29 km² overlap
Wealden Edge Hangers
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
2.22 km² overlap
Duncton to Bignor Escarpment
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
2.14 km² overlap
Amberley Wildbrooks
IUCN IVNature Reserve
2.13 km² overlap
Black Down
IUCN VNature Reserve
2.06 km² overlap
The Mens
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
2.05 km² overlap
The Mens
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
2.05 km² overlap
Leith Hill
IUCN VNature Reserve
1.84 km² overlap
Site of Special Scientific Interest
1.77 km² overlap
Harting Downs
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
1.75 km² overlap
Woolbeding and Pound Commons
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
1.72 km² overlap
Leith Hill
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
1.69 km² overlap
Pulborough Brooks
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
1.60 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
11 096 distinct species · 1 112 637 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 34 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 River Arun : 29 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 61 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 10.9%, 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°
9,8°C
Annual rain
760mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,05
Runoff
379mm/an
PET
719mm
AET
538mm
Mean slope
2,8°
Water table
224cm
Forest
4%
Crops
26%
Urban
7%
Protected
68%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)