HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080050770
Bassin de River Eden
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 : County Durham, Cumbria, NA, North Yorkshire
Sub-basin area
2 332,5km²
Upstream area
2 332,5km²
Discharge
69,88m³/s
Mean elev.
243m
Administrative coverage
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- CumbriaEngland · United Kingdom2287.1 km²97.6% of basin
- NAEngland · United Kingdom53.9 km²2.3% of basin
- North YorkshireEngland · United Kingdom1.5 km²0.1% of basin
- County DurhamEngland · United Kingdom0.2 km²0.0% of basin
30 intersecting protected areas
Lake District
IUCN VNational Park
430.39 km² overlap
North Pennines
IUCN VArea of Outstanding Natural Beauty
355.89 km² overlap
Yorkshire Dales
IUCN VNational Park
177.43 km² overlap
North Pennine Moors
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
136.49 km² overlap
Lake District High Fells
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
92.69 km² overlap
Moor House - Upper Teesdale
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
89.48 km² overlap
Appleby Fells
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
60.43 km² overlap
Skiddaw Group
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
56.05 km² overlap
North Pennine Moors
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
46.35 km² overlap
21 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Border Mires, Kielder - Butterburn
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
41.25 km² overlap
Geltsdale & Glendue Fells
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
37.85 km² overlap
Moorhouse and Cross Fell
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
29.70 km² overlap
Northumberland
IUCN VNational Park
29.15 km² overlap
River Eden and Tributaries
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
24.50 km² overlap
River Eden
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
24.34 km² overlap
Helvellyn & Fairfield
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
23.96 km² overlap
Haweswater
IUCN IVNature Reserve
21.35 km² overlap
Kielder Mires
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
16.66 km² overlap
Ullswater
IUCN VNature Reserve
16.58 km² overlap
Asby Complex
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
14.96 km² overlap
Moor House-Upper Teesdale
IUCN IVNational Nature Reserve
11.69 km² overlap
Spadeadam Mires
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
11.37 km² overlap
Shap Fells
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
10.08 km² overlap
Solway Coast
IUCN VArea of Outstanding Natural Beauty
9.44 km² overlap
Lampert Mosses
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
9.14 km² overlap
Mallerstang-Swaledale Head
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
8.30 km² overlap
Crosby Ravensworth Fell
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
7.67 km² overlap
Irthinghead Mires
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
6.13 km² overlap
Ash Fell
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
5.49 km² overlap
Naddle Forest
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
5.19 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
9 502 distinct species · 365 045 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 36 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 Eden : 29 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 64 interactions GloBI sur 6 types (connectance 10.2%, 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°
7,5°C
Annual rain
1 049mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,42
Runoff
927mm/an
PET
592mm
AET
518mm
Mean slope
4,9°
Water table
195cm
Forest
3%
Crops
13%
Urban
2%
Protected
39%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)