HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080052380
Bassin de River Spey
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 : Moray
Sub-basin area
188,2km²
Upstream area
2 943,8km²
Discharge
65,14m³/s
Mean elev.
160m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
Outlet (drains to ocean / endorheic)
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de River Spey187 km²
- Bassin de River Fiddich136 km²
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Moray189.0 km²99.9% of basin
13 intersecting protected areas
River Spey
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
6.56 km² overlap
River Spey
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
6.39 km² overlap
Lower River Spey - Spey Bay
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
2.94 km² overlap
Moray and Nairn Coast
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
2.83 km² overlap
Moray and Nairn Coast
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
2.80 km² overlap
Lower River Spey
IUCN IIISite of Special Scientific Interest
2.26 km² overlap
Gull Nest
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
1.25 km² overlap
Spey Bay
IUCN IIISite of Special Scientific Interest
0.58 km² overlap
Spey Bay
IUCN IVNature Reserve
0.57 km² overlap
4 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Moray and Nairn Coast
IUCN Not ReportedMarine Protected Area (OSPAR)
0.16 km² overlap
Moray Firth
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
0.11 km² overlap
Teindland Quarry
IUCN IIISite of Special Scientific Interest
0.03 km² overlap
Dipple Brae
IUCN IIISite of Special Scientific Interest
0.02 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 870 distinct species · 32 325 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 29 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 Spey : 17 espèces reliées par 100 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 18.9%, 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°
7,6°C
Annual rain
772mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,29
Runoff
552mm/an
PET
549mm
AET
463mm
Mean slope
4,6°
Water table
454cm
Forest
42%
Crops
10%
Urban
0%
Protected
4%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)