HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080050930
Bassin de Black Water of Dee
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 : Dumfries and Galloway, East Ayrshire
Sub-basin area
970,6km²
Upstream area
970,7km²
Discharge
40,95m³/s
Mean elev.
234m
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Dumfries and Galloway955.4 km²98.0% of basin
- East Ayrshire19.4 km²2.0% of basin
22 intersecting protected areas
Merrick Kells
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
27.98 km² overlap
Merrick Kells
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
27.49 km² overlap
Galloway and South Ayrshire Biosphere
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
27.28 km² overlap
Laughenghie and Airie Hills
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
20.93 km² overlap
Loch Ken & River Dee Marshes
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
7.69 km² overlap
Loch Ken and River Dee Marshes
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
7.68 km² overlap
Silver Flowe
IUCN IVWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
6.19 km² overlap
Site of Special Scientific Interest
5.09 km² overlap
Cairnsmore of Fleet
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
3.41 km² overlap
13 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Threave and Carlingwark Loch
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
2.94 km² overlap
Kenmure Holms
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
1.53 km² overlap
Woodhall Loch
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
1.28 km² overlap
Ken-Dee Marshes
IUCN IVNature Reserve
1.16 km² overlap
Water of Ken Woods
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.70 km² overlap
Cleugh
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.55 km² overlap
Cairnsmore of Fleet
IUCN IINational Nature Reserve
0.40 km² overlap
Cairnbaber
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.36 km² overlap
Ellergower Moss
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.34 km² overlap
Airds of Kells Wood
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.29 km² overlap
Hannaston Wood
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.26 km² overlap
Knowetop Lochs
IUCN IVNature Reserve
0.25 km² overlap
Clatteringshaws Dam Quarry
IUCN IIISite of Special Scientific Interest
0.10 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
5 193 distinct species · 136 009 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 42 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 Black Water of Dee : 26 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 127 interactions GloBI sur 6 types (connectance 12.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 19 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°
7,4°C
Annual rain
1 350mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,57
Runoff
1 139mm/an
PET
568mm
AET
524mm
Mean slope
5,9°
Water table
239cm
Forest
19%
Crops
13%
Urban
0%
Protected
28%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)