HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080050940

Bassin de Big Water of Fleet

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 1 administrative regions : Dumfries and Galloway

Coastal basinPfafstetter: 23302191

Sub-basin area

303,9km²

Upstream area

303,9km²

Discharge

3,46m³/s

Mean elev.

131m

Administrative coverage

1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)

Dumfries and Galloway
Scotland · United Kingdom
295.5 km²
96.8% of basin

20 intersecting protected areas

Fleet Valley
IUCN Not Reported
National Scenic Area
50.22 km² overlap
Cairnsmore of Fleet
IUCN IV
Site of Special Scientific Interest
22.93 km² overlap
Cairnsmore of Fleet
IUCN II
National Nature Reserve
11.54 km² overlap
Galloway and South Ayrshire Biosphere
IUCN Not Applicable
UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
11.31 km² overlap
Borgue Coast
IUCN IV
Site of Special Scientific Interest
5.69 km² overlap
Solway Firth
IUCN Not Reported
Emerald Network
2.89 km² overlap
Cree Estuary
IUCN IV
Site of Special Scientific Interest
2.40 km² overlap
Wigtown Bay
IUCN Not Reported
Local Nature Reserve
2.39 km² overlap
Ardwall Hill
IUCN IV
Site of Special Scientific Interest
2.19 km² overlap

11 more protected areassorted by overlap area

Laughenghie and Airie Hills
IUCN IV
Site of Special Scientific Interest
1.82 km² overlap
Galloway Oakwoods
IUCN Not Reported
Emerald Network
1.40 km² overlap
Carstramon Wood
IUCN IV
Site of Special Scientific Interest
0.85 km² overlap
Carstramon Wood
IUCN IV
Nature Reserve
0.72 km² overlap
Killiegowan Wood
IUCN IV
Site of Special Scientific Interest
0.55 km² overlap
Carrick Ponds
IUCN IV
Site of Special Scientific Interest
0.45 km² overlap
Ravenshall Wood
IUCN IV
Site of Special Scientific Interest
0.41 km² overlap
Skyreburn Grasslands
IUCN IV
Site of Special Scientific Interest
0.41 km² overlap
Lagganmullan
IUCN IV
Site of Special Scientific Interest
0.29 km² overlap
Lea Larks
IUCN III
Site of Special Scientific Interest
0.10 km² overlap
Shoulder o' Craig
IUCN III
Site of Special Scientific Interest
0.03 km² overlap

Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.

Species present

4 496 distinct species · 108 945 observations

Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.

Ecological tissue

Sample of 29 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).

RègnesAnimalPlanteChampignonBacterie

RelationsPredationParasitismeSymbiosePollinisation

StatutEn dangerVulnérableProtégéeEndémique

RègnesAnimalPlanteChampignonBacterie

RelationsPredationParasitismeSymbiosePollinisation

StatutEn dangerVulnérableProtégéeEndémique

Indicateurs du tissu écologique

Tissu écologique de Bassin de Big Water of Fleet : 15 espèces reliées par 110 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 19.6%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 19 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).

Espèces affichées

Interactions affichées

110

Connectance

0.196

Patrimoniales

Plus dense que (national)0 %(top 100%)

Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).

Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)

Mean T°

7,9°C

Annual rain

1 211mm

Moisture idx (CMI)

0,52

Runoff

1 112mm/an

PET

578mm

AET

519mm

Mean slope

5,2°

Water table

213cm

Forest

14%

Crops

16%

Urban

Protected

40%

HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)