HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080050460
Bassin de River Ribble
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 9 administrative regions : Blackburn with Darwen, Bradford, Calderdale, Cumbria, NA +2
Sub-basin area
1 899,6km²
Upstream area
1 899,6km²
Discharge
58,12m³/s
Mean elev.
164m
Administrative coverage
9 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- NAEngland · United Kingdom1459.3 km²76.5% of basin
- North YorkshireEngland · United Kingdom236.8 km²12.4% of basin
- NAEngland · United Kingdom98.3 km²5.2% of basin
- Blackburn with DarwenEngland · United Kingdom83.5 km²4.4% of basin
- NAEngland · United Kingdom28.3 km²1.5% of basin
- CumbriaEngland · United Kingdom0.7 km²0.0% of basin
- St. HelensEngland · United Kingdom0.5 km²0.0% of basin
- CalderdaleEngland · United Kingdom0.4 km²0.0% of basin
1 moreFull L2 list
- Bradford0.0 km² · 0.0%
30 intersecting protected areas
Forest Of Bowland
IUCN VArea of Outstanding Natural Beauty
421.24 km² overlap
Yorkshire Dales
IUCN VNational Park
154.40 km² overlap
Bowland Fells
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
66.08 km² overlap
Bowland Fells
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
66.06 km² overlap
West Pennine Moors
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
35.24 km² overlap
South Pennine Moors
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
24.63 km² overlap
South Pennine Moors
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
24.62 km² overlap
South Pennine Moors Phase 2
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
24.62 km² overlap
Ribble Estuary
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
17.00 km² overlap
21 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Ribble and Alt Estuaries
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
16.99 km² overlap
Ribble & Alt Estuaries
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
16.98 km² overlap
Ribble Estuary
IUCN IVNational Nature Reserve
13.84 km² overlap
Ingleborough
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
13.34 km² overlap
Ingleborough Complex
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
12.58 km² overlap
Site of Special Scientific Interest
7.03 km² overlap
Ingleborough
IUCN IVNational Nature Reserve
6.74 km² overlap
Pen-y-ghent
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
6.59 km² overlap
Ribble Estuary
IUCN IVMarine Conservation Zone
6.49 km² overlap
Brants Gill Catchment
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
4.95 km² overlap
Ribble and Alt Estuaries
IUCN Not ReportedMarine Protected Area (OSPAR)
4.30 km² overlap
National Nature Reserve
2.70 km² overlap
Hesketh Out Marsh
IUCN IVNature Reserve
2.37 km² overlap
Birkwith Caves and Fell
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
1.79 km² overlap
The Wigan Flashes
IUCN IVLocal Nature Reserve
1.75 km² overlap
Site of Special Scientific Interest
1.59 km² overlap
Clitheroe Knoll Reefs
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
1.18 km² overlap
Fishwick Bottoms
IUCN IVLocal Nature Reserve
0.97 km² overlap
Bryn Marsh & Ince Moss
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.70 km² overlap
Newton Marsh
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.66 km² overlap
Red Scar and Tun Brook Woods
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.64 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
10 200 distinct species · 1 596 617 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 33 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 Ribble : 21 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 126 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 22.5%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 13 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°
8,6°C
Annual rain
1 187mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,47
Runoff
882mm/an
PET
614mm
AET
554mm
Mean slope
3,5°
Water table
152cm
Forest
0%
Crops
16%
Urban
26%
Protected
33%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)