HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080051110
Bassin de Pow Burn
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 : NA, South Ayrshire
Sub-basin area
85,2km²
Upstream area
85,3km²
Discharge
3,21m³/s
Mean elev.
40m
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- South Ayrshire75.8 km²88.6% of basin
- 5.6 km²6.5% of basin
5 intersecting protected areas
Site of Special Scientific Interest
1.40 km² overlap
Western Gailes
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.74 km² overlap
Shewalton Wood
IUCN IVNature Reserve
0.32 km² overlap
Gailes Marsh
IUCN IVNature Reserve
0.13 km² overlap
Afton Lodge
IUCN IIISite of Special Scientific Interest
0.03 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 793 distinct species · 28 385 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 Pow Burn : 30 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 81 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 10.9%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 9 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 147mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,50
Runoff
1 184mm/an
PET
577mm
AET
517mm
Mean slope
1,7°
Water table
82cm
Forest
3%
Crops
38%
Urban
27%
Protected
3%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)