HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080051000
Bassin de River Bladnoch
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, South Ayrshire
Sub-basin area
352,6km²
Upstream area
352,6km²
Discharge
14,42m³/s
Mean elev.
95m
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Dumfries and Galloway353.7 km²99.9% of basin
- South Ayrshire0.3 km²0.1% of basin
12 intersecting protected areas
Kirkcowan Flow
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
7.77 km² overlap
Kirkcowan Flow
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
7.77 km² overlap
Mochrum Lochs
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
4.57 km² overlap
River Bladnoch
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
2.89 km² overlap
Mochrum Lochs
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
1.79 km² overlap
Derskelpin Moss
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
1.23 km² overlap
Wigtown Bay
IUCN Not ReportedLocal Nature Reserve
0.98 km² overlap
Cree Estuary
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.76 km² overlap
Ring Moss
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.52 km² overlap
3 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Crook Of Baldoon
IUCN IVNature Reserve
0.48 km² overlap
Cotland Plantation
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.13 km² overlap
Blood Moss
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.10 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 405 distinct species · 18 188 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 38 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 Bladnoch : 24 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 96 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 12.3%, 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°
8,1°C
Annual rain
1 196mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,52
Runoff
1 072mm/an
PET
576mm
AET
520mm
Mean slope
1,9°
Water table
98cm
Forest
28%
Crops
16%
Urban
0%
Protected
4%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)