HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080050350
Bassin de River Gowy
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 4 administrative regions : Flintshire, NA, Wirral
Sub-basin area
475,2km²
Upstream area
475,2km²
Discharge
0,98m³/s
Mean elev.
37m
Administrative coverage
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- NANA · United Kingdom275.8 km²57.8% of basin
- WirralEngland · United Kingdom148.5 km²31.1% of basin
- NAEngland · United Kingdom26.6 km²5.6% of basin
- Flintshire0.1 km²0.0% of basin
30 intersecting protected areas
Dee Estuary/ Aber Dyfrdwy
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
22.94 km² overlap
The Dee Estuary
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
20.06 km² overlap
The Dee Estuary
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
19.95 km² overlap
Dee Estuary
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
16.64 km² overlap
Mersey Estuary
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
13.36 km² overlap
Dee Estuary
IUCN IVNature Reserve
12.77 km² overlap
Mersey Estuary
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
12.52 km² overlap
Mersey Estuary
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
12.51 km² overlap
Dee Estuary / Aber Dyfrdwy
IUCN Not ReportedMarine Protected Area (OSPAR)
10.60 km² overlap
21 more protected areassorted by overlap area
The Dee Estuary
IUCN Not ReportedMarine Protected Area (OSPAR)
7.60 km² overlap
Mersey Estuary
IUCN Not ReportedMarine Protected Area (OSPAR)
5.35 km² overlap
Mersey Narrows and North Wirral Foreshore
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
3.85 km² overlap
The Mersey Narrows and North Wirral Foreshore
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
3.85 km² overlap
Mersey Narrows and North Wirral Foreshore
IUCN Not ReportedMarine Protected Area (OSPAR)
3.73 km² overlap
Mersey Estuary
IUCN IVNature Reserve
3.35 km² overlap
Site of Special Scientific Interest
3.22 km² overlap
North Wirral Foreshore
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
3.07 km² overlap
Liverpool Bay / Bae Lerpwl
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
1.11 km² overlap
Mersey Narrows
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.76 km² overlap
Thurstaston Common
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.72 km² overlap
Thurstaston Common
IUCN IVLocal Nature Reserve
0.69 km² overlap
New Ferry
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.64 km² overlap
Thurstaston Common
IUCN VNature Reserve
0.58 km² overlap
Peckforton Woods
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.57 km² overlap
Dibbinsdale
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.55 km² overlap
Rivacre Valley
IUCN IVLocal Nature Reserve
0.42 km² overlap
Local Nature Reserve
0.34 km² overlap
Heswall Dales
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.30 km² overlap
Stanney Wood
IUCN IVLocal Nature Reserve
0.23 km² overlap
Heswall Dales
IUCN IVLocal Nature Reserve
0.21 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
10 554 distinct species · 1 058 647 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 43 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 Gowy : 33 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 94 interactions GloBI sur 6 types (connectance 10.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 10 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°
9,3°C
Annual rain
786mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,21
Runoff
615mm/an
PET
620mm
AET
508mm
Mean slope
1,3°
Water table
74cm
Forest
1%
Crops
18%
Urban
38%
Protected
9%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)