HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080051150
Bassin de Forth and Clyde Canal
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 : East Dunbartonshire, Renfrewshire, West Dunbartonshire
Sub-basin area
34,3km²
Upstream area
2 971,3km²
Discharge
90,18m³/s
Mean elev.
116m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
Outlet (drains to ocean / endorheic)
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de White Cart Water548 km²
- Bassin de River Clyde54 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- West Dunbartonshire25.8 km²75.0% of basin
- Renfrewshire8.4 km²24.4% of basin
- East Dunbartonshire0.2 km²0.6% of basin
7 intersecting protected areas
Inner Clyde Estuary
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
0.84 km² overlap
Inner Clyde
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.82 km² overlap
Inner Clyde Estuary
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
0.82 km² overlap
Inner Clyde Estuary
IUCN Not ReportedMarine Protected Area (OSPAR)
0.41 km² overlap
Inner Clyde
IUCN IVNature Reserve
0.23 km² overlap
The Saltings
IUCN Not ReportedLocal Nature Reserve
0.16 km² overlap
Loch Humphrey Burn
IUCN IIISite of Special Scientific Interest
0.01 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 590 distinct species · 16 722 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 30 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 Forth and Clyde Canal : 17 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 116 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 23.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 15 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 367mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,58
Runoff
1 304mm/an
PET
573mm
AET
530mm
Mean slope
4,0°
Water table
210cm
Forest
0%
Crops
6%
Urban
61%
Protected
3%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)