HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080050050
Bassin de Afon Rheidol
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 2 administrative regions : Ceredigion, Powys
Sub-basin area
1 013,6km²
Upstream area
1 013,6km²
Discharge
0,22m³/s
Mean elev.
211m
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Ceredigion967.5 km²95.1% of basin
- Powys28.5 km²2.8% of basin
30 intersecting protected areas
Elenydd - Mallaen
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
33.32 km² overlap
Elenydd
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
31.81 km² overlap
Elenydd
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
22.26 km² overlap
Pumlumon (Plynlimon)
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
21.94 km² overlap
Dyfi
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
21.83 km² overlap
Cardigan Bay/ Bae Ceredigion
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
17.99 km² overlap
West Wales Marine / Gorllewin Cymru Forol
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
16.89 km² overlap
West Wales Marine / Gorllewin Cymru Forol
IUCN Not AssignedMarine Protected Area (OSPAR)
16.85 km² overlap
Biosffer Dyfi
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
14.39 km² overlap
21 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Cardigan Bay / Bae Ceredigion
IUCN Not ReportedMarine Protected Area (OSPAR)
13.89 km² overlap
Cors Fochno & Dyfi
IUCN IVWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
13.76 km² overlap
Dyfi
IUCN IVNational Nature Reserve
13.48 km² overlap
Pen Llŷn a`r Sarnau/ Lleyn Peninsula and the Sarnau
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
11.03 km² overlap
Dyfi Estuary / Aber Dyfi
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
9.78 km² overlap
Aberarth - Carreg Wylan
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
7.88 km² overlap
Dyfi Estuary / Aber Dyfi
IUCN Not ReportedMarine Protected Area (OSPAR)
6.78 km² overlap
Pen Llyn a`r Sarnau / Lleyn Peninsula and the Sarnau
IUCN Not ReportedMarine Protected Area (OSPAR)
6.72 km² overlap
Cors Fochno
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
6.53 km² overlap
Ynys-Hir
IUCN IVNature Reserve
5.64 km² overlap
Site of Special Scientific Interest
2.29 km² overlap
Coedydd a Cheunant Rheidol/ Rheidol Woods and Gorge
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
2.29 km² overlap
Northern Cardigan Bay / Gogledd Bae Ceredigion
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
2.02 km² overlap
Northern Cardigan Bay / Gogledd Bae Ceredigion
IUCN Not AssignedMarine Protected Area (OSPAR)
2.00 km² overlap
Llynoedd Ieuan
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
1.72 km² overlap
Llanerchaeron
IUCN VNature Reserve
1.72 km² overlap
Coed Rheidol
IUCN IVNational Nature Reserve
1.66 km² overlap
Newquay to Cwm Tydu
IUCN VNature Reserve
1.20 km² overlap
Llyn Eiddwen
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
1.19 km² overlap
Cae'R Meirch
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.86 km² overlap
Borth - Clarach
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.85 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
11 292 distinct species · 598 362 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 31 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 Afon Rheidol : 24 espèces reliées par 60 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 12.9%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 7 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°
8,7°C
Annual rain
1 274mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,54
Runoff
1 206mm/an
PET
564mm
AET
527mm
Mean slope
6,5°
Water table
278cm
Forest
15%
Crops
9%
Urban
1%
Protected
10%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)