HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080050320
Bassin de Afon Clwyd
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 : Conwy, Flintshire, NA
Sub-basin area
737,2km²
Upstream area
737,2km²
Discharge
19,26m³/s
Mean elev.
207m
Administrative coverage
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- NA547.9 km²74.0% of basin
- Conwy128.5 km²17.4% of basin
- Flintshire63.3 km²8.5% of basin
30 intersecting protected areas
Area Of Outstanding Natural Beauty
92.41 km² overlap
Mynydd Hiraethog
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
29.74 km² overlap
Site of Special Scientific Interest
4.52 km² overlap
Halkyn Mountain/ Mynydd Helygain
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
3.68 km² overlap
Coedwigoedd Dyffryn Elwy/ Elwy Valley Woods
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
0.83 km² overlap
Site of Special Scientific Interest
0.83 km² overlap
Site of Special Scientific Interest
0.67 km² overlap
Coedydd Derw Elwy
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.32 km² overlap
Moel Hiraddug A Bryn Gop
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.24 km² overlap
21 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Llwyn
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
0.22 km² overlap
Llwyn
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.22 km² overlap
Coed Nant Mawr
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.21 km² overlap
Site of Special Scientific Interest
0.17 km² overlap
Crest Mawr Wood
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.16 km² overlap
Chwythlyn
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.13 km² overlap
Coed Trefraith
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.11 km² overlap
Parc Linden, Lixwm
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.10 km² overlap
Coed Llys-Aled
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.10 km² overlap
Eyarth Rocks
IUCN IVNature Reserve
0.09 km² overlap
Caerwys Tufa
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.08 km² overlap
Coed Nant-Y-Merddyn-Uchaf
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.08 km² overlap
Brickfields Pond
IUCN Not ReportedLocal Nature Reserve
0.06 km² overlap
Llyn Ty'N Y Llyn
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.06 km² overlap
Blaen Y Wergloedd Bog
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.04 km² overlap
Ddol Uchaf
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.04 km² overlap
Llyn Creiniog
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.03 km² overlap
Rhuddlan Pond
IUCN Not ReportedLocal Nature Reserve
0.03 km² overlap
Mwyngloddfa Pennant
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.02 km² overlap
Site of Special Scientific Interest
0.01 km² overlap
Graig Quarry
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.00 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
7 071 distinct species · 188 857 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 30 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 Clwyd : 18 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 95 interactions GloBI sur 6 types (connectance 21.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 12 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°
8,3°C
Annual rain
971mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,39
Runoff
880mm/an
PET
586mm
AET
509mm
Mean slope
5,3°
Water table
252cm
Forest
1%
Crops
5%
Urban
3%
Protected
18%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)