HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080052260

Bassin de River Farrar

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 : Highland

25% lakePfafstetter: 23302378

Sub-basin area

1 014km²

Upstream area

1 014,2km²

Discharge

38,74m³/s

Mean elev.

423m

Administrative coverage

1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)

Highland
Scotland · United Kingdom
1018.9 km²
100.0% of basin

21 intersecting protected areas

Glen Affric to Strathconon
IUCN Not Reported
Emerald Network
262.94 km² overlap
Strathglass Complex
IUCN Not Reported
Emerald Network
235.90 km² overlap
Glen Affric
IUCN Not Reported
National Scenic Area
184.46 km² overlap
Affric - Cannich Hills
IUCN IV
Site of Special Scientific Interest
173.13 km² overlap
Glen Affric
IUCN II
National Nature Reserve
144.17 km² overlap
Glen Strathfarrar
IUCN Not Reported
National Scenic Area
40.27 km² overlap
Glen Strathfarrar
IUCN IV
Site of Special Scientific Interest
39.22 km² overlap
Monar Forest
IUCN IV
Site of Special Scientific Interest
35.26 km² overlap
Glen Affric
IUCN IV
Site of Special Scientific Interest
22.62 km² overlap

12 more protected areassorted by overlap area

Corrimony
IUCN IV
Nature Reserve
2.63 km² overlap
West Inverness-shire Lochs
IUCN Not Reported
Emerald Network
2.60 km² overlap
West Inverness-shire Lochs
IUCN IV
Site of Special Scientific Interest
2.60 km² overlap
Liatrie Burn
IUCN IV
Site of Special Scientific Interest
0.92 km² overlap
Beauly Firth
IUCN IV
Site of Special Scientific Interest
0.90 km² overlap
Inner Moray Firth
IUCN Not Reported
Emerald Network
0.90 km² overlap
Inner Moray Firth
IUCN Not Reported
Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
0.88 km² overlap
Inner Moray Firth
IUCN Not Reported
Marine Protected Area (OSPAR)
0.76 km² overlap
Kintail
IUCN Not Reported
National Scenic Area
0.57 km² overlap
Moray Firth
IUCN Not Reported
Emerald Network
0.20 km² overlap
North Inverness Lochs
IUCN Not Reported
Emerald Network
0.00 km² overlap
Balnagrantach
IUCN IV
Site of Special Scientific Interest
0.00 km² overlap

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

Species present

5 757 distinct species · 120 937 observations

Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.

Ecological tissue

Sample of 34 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 River Farrar : 18 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 100 interactions GloBI sur 6 types (connectance 16.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 17 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).

Espèces affichées

Interactions affichées

100

Connectance

0.168

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°

6,1°C

Annual rain

1 526mm

Moisture idx (CMI)

0,66

Runoff

1 324mm/an

PET

500mm

AET

480mm

Mean slope

12,5°

Water table

536cm

Forest

Crops

Urban

Protected

46%

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