HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080050800
Bassin de River Esk
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 : Cumbria, Dumfries and Galloway, NA, Scottish Borders
Sub-basin area
1 233km²
Upstream area
1 233km²
Discharge
37,38m³/s
Mean elev.
223m
Administrative coverage
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Dumfries and Galloway607.5 km²49.0% of basin
- CumbriaEngland · United Kingdom358.9 km²29.0% of basin
- Scottish Borders269.8 km²21.8% of basin
- NAEngland · United Kingdom2.0 km²0.2% of basin
30 intersecting protected areas
Site of Special Scientific Interest
76.94 km² overlap
Langholm - Newcastleton Hills
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
75.49 km² overlap
Border Mires, Kielder - Butterburn
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
9.82 km² overlap
Kielder Mires
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
8.22 km² overlap
Site of Special Scientific Interest
5.59 km² overlap
Solway Firth
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
4.20 km² overlap
Solway Firth
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
4.19 km² overlap
Upper Solway Flats & Marshes
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
4.19 km² overlap
Solway Firth
IUCN Not ReportedMarine Protected Area (OSPAR)
4.16 km² overlap
21 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Upper Solway Flats & Marshes
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
4.15 km² overlap
National Nature Reserve
4.14 km² overlap
Bolton Fell Moss
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
3.81 km² overlap
Solway Coast
IUCN VArea of Outstanding Natural Beauty
3.18 km² overlap
Caudbeck Flow
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
1.66 km² overlap
Lyne Woods
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
1.42 km² overlap
Walton Moss
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
0.92 km² overlap
Upper Solway Flats and Marshes
IUCN Not ReportedMarine Protected Area (OSPAR)
0.89 km² overlap
Site of Special Scientific Interest
0.85 km² overlap
Bell's Flow
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.71 km² overlap
Raeburn Flow
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
0.64 km² overlap
Raeburn Flow
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.64 km² overlap
Scaleby Moss
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.33 km² overlap
Black Snib
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.30 km² overlap
River Tweed
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
0.12 km² overlap
River Tweed
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.10 km² overlap
Penton Linns
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.08 km² overlap
Kershope Bridge
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.06 km² overlap
Oakshaw Ford
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.06 km² overlap
Kershope Bridge
IUCN IIISite of Special Scientific Interest
0.05 km² overlap
Site of Special Scientific Interest
0.05 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
4 878 distinct species · 109 241 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 34 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 Esk : 20 espèces dont 3 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 112 interactions GloBI sur 6 types (connectance 17.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 16 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 056mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,43
Runoff
897mm/an
PET
591mm
AET
520mm
Mean slope
5,7°
Water table
266cm
Forest
16%
Crops
10%
Urban
0%
Protected
8%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)