HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080050510
Bassin de River Lune
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 : Cumbria, NA, North Yorkshire
Sub-basin area
1 062,7km²
Upstream area
1 062,7km²
Discharge
38,72m³/s
Mean elev.
261m
Administrative coverage
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- CumbriaEngland · United Kingdom529.1 km²49.6% of basin
- NAEngland · United Kingdom306.9 km²28.7% of basin
- North YorkshireEngland · United Kingdom231.4 km²21.7% of basin
30 intersecting protected areas
Yorkshire Dales
IUCN VNational Park
561.37 km² overlap
Forest Of Bowland
IUCN VArea of Outstanding Natural Beauty
228.84 km² overlap
Lake District
IUCN VNational Park
65.69 km² overlap
Ingleborough Complex
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
45.17 km² overlap
Ingleborough
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
38.82 km² overlap
Whernside
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
38.59 km² overlap
Bowland Fells
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
33.75 km² overlap
Bowland Fells
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
33.74 km² overlap
Site of Special Scientific Interest
17.77 km² overlap
21 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Asby Complex
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
16.40 km² overlap
Shap Fells
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
11.38 km² overlap
Lake District High Fells
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
11.19 km² overlap
Crosby Ravensworth Fell
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
7.79 km² overlap
Site of Special Scientific Interest
6.92 km² overlap
Site of Special Scientific Interest
6.34 km² overlap
Lune Estuary
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
3.88 km² overlap
Morecambe Bay
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
3.88 km² overlap
Morecambe Bay
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
3.88 km² overlap
Morecambe Bay and Duddon Estuary
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
3.88 km² overlap
Ingleborough
IUCN IVNational Nature Reserve
3.51 km² overlap
Newby Moor
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
2.75 km² overlap
Wyre-Lune
IUCN IVMarine Conservation Zone
1.81 km² overlap
Great Asby Scar
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
1.48 km² overlap
Morecambe Bay
IUCN Not ReportedMarine Protected Area (OSPAR)
1.34 km² overlap
Morecambe Bay
IUCN Not ReportedMarine Protected Area (OSPAR)
1.34 km² overlap
Morecambe Bay and Duddon Estuary
IUCN Not AssignedMarine Protected Area (OSPAR)
1.31 km² overlap
Great Asby Scar
IUCN IVNational Nature Reserve
1.10 km² overlap
Oxenber and Wharfe Woods
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.89 km² overlap
Austwick and Lawkland Mosses
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.84 km² overlap
North Pennine Dales Meadows
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
0.64 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
8 815 distinct species · 507 447 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 Lune : 22 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 109 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 20.6%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 11 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°
7,7°C
Annual rain
1 275mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,53
Runoff
978mm/an
PET
596mm
AET
546mm
Mean slope
6,5°
Water table
257cm
Forest
1%
Crops
8%
Urban
3%
Protected
59%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)