HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080050810
Bassin de Kirtle Water
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 2 administrative regions : Cumbria, Dumfries and Galloway
Sub-basin area
126,1km²
Upstream area
126,1km²
Discharge
2,38m³/s
Mean elev.
86m
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Dumfries and Galloway124.1 km²98.0% of basin
- CumbriaEngland · United Kingdom0.0 km²0.0% of basin
7 intersecting protected areas
Upper Solway Flats & Marshes
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
4.79 km² overlap
Solway Firth
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
4.78 km² overlap
Solway Firth
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
4.76 km² overlap
Site of Special Scientific Interest
4.46 km² overlap
Solway Firth
IUCN Not ReportedMarine Protected Area (OSPAR)
3.70 km² overlap
Upper Solway Flats and Marshes
IUCN Not ReportedMarine Protected Area (OSPAR)
3.62 km² overlap
Upper Solway Flats & Marshes
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.05 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 593 distinct species · 13 838 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 Kirtle Water : 24 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 85 interactions GloBI sur 6 types (connectance 15.2%, 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°
8,4°C
Annual rain
1 004mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,39
Runoff
947mm/an
PET
607mm
AET
523mm
Mean slope
2,2°
Water table
110cm
Forest
0%
Crops
18%
Urban
2%
Protected
4%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)