HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080049660
Bassin de River Severn
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 : Herefordshire, County of, NA
Sub-basin area
1 209,3km²
Upstream area
10 975,1km²
Discharge
188,19m³/s
Mean elev.
85m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
Outlet (drains to ocean / endorheic)
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de River Avon748 km²
- Bassin de River Severn241 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- NANA · United Kingdom1039.3 km²85.6% of basin
- Herefordshire, County ofEngland · United Kingdom150.7 km²12.4% of basin
- NAEngland · United Kingdom10.4 km²0.9% of basin
30 intersecting protected areas
Cotswolds
IUCN VArea of Outstanding Natural Beauty
301.37 km² overlap
Malvern Hills
IUCN VArea of Outstanding Natural Beauty
33.31 km² overlap
Severn Estuary
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
18.58 km² overlap
Severn Estuary
IUCN IVWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
18.54 km² overlap
Severn Estuary/ Môr Hafren
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
17.31 km² overlap
Severn Estuary / Môr Hafren
IUCN Not ReportedMarine Protected Area (OSPAR)
15.90 km² overlap
Severn Estuary
IUCN Not ReportedMarine Protected Area (OSPAR)
15.88 km² overlap
Upper Severn Estuary
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
14.62 km² overlap
Site of Special Scientific Interest
6.92 km² overlap
21 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Cotswold Beechwoods
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
5.91 km² overlap
Severn Estuary
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
4.65 km² overlap
National Nature Reserve
4.14 km² overlap
Stroud Commons
IUCN VNature Reserve
3.34 km² overlap
Woodchester Park
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
2.28 km² overlap
Ebworth
IUCN VNature Reserve
1.99 km² overlap
Minchinhampton Common
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
1.94 km² overlap
Cleeve Common
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
1.84 km² overlap
Wye Valley
IUCN VArea of Outstanding Natural Beauty
1.59 km² overlap
Wye Valley
IUCN VArea Of Outstanding Natural Beauty
1.59 km² overlap
Eastnor Park
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
1.53 km² overlap
The Malvern Hills
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
1.33 km² overlap
Highnam Woods
IUCN IVNature Reserve
1.19 km² overlap
Rodborough Common
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
1.10 km² overlap
Rodborough Common
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
1.09 km² overlap
Ashleworth Ham
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
1.06 km² overlap
Robinswood Hill
IUCN IVLocal Nature Reserve
0.91 km² overlap
May Hill
IUCN VNature Reserve
0.84 km² overlap
Collinpark Wood
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.67 km² overlap
Site of Special Scientific Interest
0.64 km² overlap
Frampton Pools
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.61 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
12 368 distinct species · 1 434 965 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 32 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 Severn : 23 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 76 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 15.3%, 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°
9,5°C
Annual rain
724mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,07
Runoff
468mm/an
PET
668mm
AET
519mm
Mean slope
3,1°
Water table
155cm
Forest
2%
Crops
42%
Urban
15%
Protected
30%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)