HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080048990
Bassin de River Frome
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 5 administrative regions : Bournemouth, Christchurch and Po, NA, Somerset
Sub-basin area
2 252,6km²
Upstream area
2 252,6km²
Discharge
0,5m³/s
Mean elev.
95m
Administrative coverage
5 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- NAEngland · United Kingdom1295.5 km²57.3% of basin
- NAEngland · United Kingdom758.7 km²33.6% of basin
- SomersetEngland · United Kingdom88.0 km²3.9% of basin
- 53.3 km²2.4% of basin
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and PoEngland · United Kingdom13.9 km²0.6% of basin
30 intersecting protected areas
Dorset
IUCN VArea of Outstanding Natural Beauty
931.17 km² overlap
East Devon
IUCN VArea of Outstanding Natural Beauty
269.30 km² overlap
Blackdown Hills
IUCN VArea of Outstanding Natural Beauty
223.87 km² overlap
Purbeck
IUCN VHeritage Coast
168.26 km² overlap
West Dorset
IUCN VHeritage Coast
65.14 km² overlap
Dorset Heathlands
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
59.66 km² overlap
Dorset Heathlands
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
47.97 km² overlap
East Devon
IUCN VHeritage Coast
40.76 km² overlap
Dorset Heaths
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
34.96 km² overlap
21 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Purbeck Heaths
IUCN IVNational Nature Reserve
33.29 km² overlap
Morden Bog and Hyde Heath
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
32.79 km² overlap
Poole Harbour
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
26.65 km² overlap
Poole Harbour
IUCN IVSite Of Special Scientific Interest (Gb)
26.19 km² overlap
Dorset and East Devon Coast
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
25.70 km² overlap
Dorset Heaths (Purbeck and Wareham) and Studland Dunes
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
22.28 km² overlap
Poole Harbour
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
21.56 km² overlap
South Dorset Coast
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
15.91 km² overlap
Isle of Portland to Studland Cliffs
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
14.46 km² overlap
Solent and Dorset Coast
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
12.57 km² overlap
Solent and Dorset Coast
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
12.52 km² overlap
Povington and Grange Heaths
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
12.18 km² overlap
Studland to Portland
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
11.97 km² overlap
Chesil and the Fleet
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
11.97 km² overlap
Studland to Portland
IUCN Not ReportedMarine Protected Area (OSPAR)
11.89 km² overlap
Pebblebed Heaths
IUCN IVNational Nature Reserve
11.60 km² overlap
East Devon Pebblebed Heaths
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
11.35 km² overlap
East Devon Pebblebed Heaths
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
11.25 km² overlap
East Devon Heaths
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
11.25 km² overlap
Studland
IUCN VNature Reserve
10.79 km² overlap
Poole Harbour
IUCN Not ReportedMarine Protected Area (OSPAR)
10.60 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
15 826 distinct species · 2 999 288 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 24 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 Frome : 18 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 44 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 15.9%, 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°
9,4°C
Annual rain
857mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,23
Runoff
646mm/an
PET
657mm
AET
524mm
Mean slope
3,9°
Water table
224cm
Forest
4%
Crops
33%
Urban
10%
Protected
67%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)