HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080051010
Bassin de Water of Girvan
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 3 administrative regions : Dumfries and Galloway, East Ayrshire, South Ayrshire
Sub-basin area
2 029,7km²
Upstream area
2 029,7km²
Discharge
9,47m³/s
Mean elev.
146m
Administrative coverage
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- South Ayrshire923.2 km²45.3% of basin
- Dumfries and Galloway876.3 km²43.0% of basin
- East Ayrshire185.9 km²9.1% of basin
30 intersecting protected areas
Glen App and Galloway Moors
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
89.47 km² overlap
Glen App and Galloway Moors
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
89.47 km² overlap
Luce Bay and Sands
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
27.45 km² overlap
Galloway and South Ayrshire Biosphere
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
27.26 km² overlap
Merrick Kells
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
27.13 km² overlap
Merrick Kells
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
27.11 km² overlap
Luce Bay and Sands
IUCN Not ReportedMarine Protected Area (OSPAR)
19.10 km² overlap
Torrs Warren - Luce Sands
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
15.21 km² overlap
Loch of Inch & Torrs Warren
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
13.22 km² overlap
21 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Loch of Inch and Torrs Warren
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
13.16 km² overlap
Lendalfoot Hills Complex
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
13.08 km² overlap
Loch Doon
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
8.23 km² overlap
Pinbain Burn to Cairn Hill
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
5.22 km² overlap
Knockdaw Hill
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
3.88 km² overlap
Cree Estuary
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
3.30 km² overlap
Grey Hill Grassland
IUCN IVNature Reserve
3.28 km² overlap
Burrow Head
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
2.44 km² overlap
Burrow Head
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
2.44 km² overlap
Littleton and Balhamie Hills
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
2.42 km² overlap
Aldons Hill
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
2.34 km² overlap
Maidens to Doonfoot
IUCN IIISite of Special Scientific Interest
2.15 km² overlap
Back Bay to Carghidown
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
2.14 km² overlap
Wigtown Bay
IUCN Not ReportedLocal Nature Reserve
2.12 km² overlap
Flow of Dergoals
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
1.70 km² overlap
Flow of Dergoals
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
1.70 km² overlap
Ailsa Craig
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
1.62 km² overlap
Crook Of Baldoon
IUCN IVNature Reserve
1.46 km² overlap
Mull of Galloway
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
1.37 km² overlap
Mull of Galloway
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
1.37 km² overlap
Dowalton Loch
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
1.27 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
6 405 distinct species · 186 635 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 26 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 Water of Girvan : 15 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 105 interactions GloBI sur 6 types (connectance 19.9%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 18 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°
7,8°C
Annual rain
1 272mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,55
Runoff
1 082mm/an
PET
568mm
AET
522mm
Mean slope
4,3°
Water table
190cm
Forest
21%
Crops
21%
Urban
1%
Protected
18%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)