HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080049950
Bassin de River Towy
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 : Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Powys
Sub-basin area
1 319,6km²
Upstream area
1 319,6km²
Discharge
55,97m³/s
Mean elev.
220m
Administrative coverage
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Carmarthenshire1149.4 km²86.8% of basin
- Ceredigion112.8 km²8.5% of basin
- Powys62.2 km²4.7% of basin
30 intersecting protected areas
Bannau Brycheiniog
IUCN VNational Park
155.11 km² overlap
Cwm Doethie - Mynydd Mallaen
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
61.56 km² overlap
Elenydd - Mallaen
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
59.02 km² overlap
Cwm Doethie - Mynydd Mallaen
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
41.24 km² overlap
Mynydd Du (Black Mountain)
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
21.09 km² overlap
Gwenffrwd/Dinas
IUCN IVNature Reserve
6.84 km² overlap
Afon Tywi
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
5.53 km² overlap
Afon Tywi/ River Tywi
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
3.76 km² overlap
Dinefwr Estate
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
2.25 km² overlap
21 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Dinefwr Estate
IUCN IVNational Nature Reserve
2.25 km² overlap
Carmarthen Bay and Estuaries/ Bae Caerfyrddin ac Aberoedd
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
1.76 km² overlap
Dinefwr
IUCN VNature Reserve
1.73 km² overlap
Waun Las
IUCN IVNational Nature Reserve
1.47 km² overlap
Dolaucothi Estate
IUCN VNature Reserve
1.23 km² overlap
Carmarthen Bay and Estuaries / Bae Caerfyrddin ac Aberoedd
IUCN Not ReportedMarine Protected Area (OSPAR)
0.86 km² overlap
Allt Rhyd Y Groes
IUCN IVNational Nature Reserve
0.70 km² overlap
Mynydd Ystyfflau-Carn
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.54 km² overlap
Mynydd Epynt
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.51 km² overlap
Site of Special Scientific Interest
0.47 km² overlap
Rhosydd Llanpumsaint
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.39 km² overlap
Cors Farlais
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.30 km² overlap
Site of Special Scientific Interest
0.27 km² overlap
Cefn Blaenau
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.23 km² overlap
Mwyngloddfa Nantymwyn
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.22 km² overlap
Llety - Wen
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.21 km² overlap
Maesyprior
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.20 km² overlap
Dolaucothi Gold Mines
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.19 km² overlap
Waun-Ddu
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.18 km² overlap
Caeau Caradog
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.17 km² overlap
Figyn Blaen-Brefi
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.16 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
7 809 distinct species · 417 671 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 27 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 Towy : 19 espèces reliées par 65 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 17.2%, 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°
9,0°C
Annual rain
1 317mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,55
Runoff
1 150mm/an
PET
579mm
AET
539mm
Mean slope
7,0°
Water table
289cm
Forest
7%
Crops
8%
Urban
1%
Protected
17%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)