HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080052420
Bassin de River Ythan
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 : Aberdeen City, Aberdeenshire
Sub-basin area
1 512,4km²
Upstream area
1 512,4km²
Discharge
4,68m³/s
Mean elev.
82m
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Aberdeenshire1478.3 km²97.2% of basin
- 14.1 km²0.9% of basin
30 intersecting protected areas
Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie and Meikle Loch
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
14.52 km² overlap
Site of Special Scientific Interest
9.71 km² overlap
Forvie
IUCN IINational Nature Reserve
9.68 km² overlap
Loch of Strathbeg
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
9.46 km² overlap
Loch Of Strathbeg
IUCN IVNature Reserve
8.87 km² overlap
Buchan Ness to Collieston Coast
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
7.73 km² overlap
Sands of Forvie
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
7.14 km² overlap
Tore of Troup
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
6.93 km² overlap
Buchan Ness to Collieston Coast
IUCN Not ReportedMarine Protected Area (OSPAR)
6.25 km² overlap
21 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Troup, Pennan and Lion's Heads
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
6.18 km² overlap
Loch of Strathbeg
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
6.16 km² overlap
Loch of Strathbeg
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
6.16 km² overlap
Troup, Pennan and Lion`s Heads
IUCN Not ReportedMarine Protected Area (OSPAR)
5.03 km² overlap
Gamrie and Pennan Coast
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
3.15 km² overlap
Ythan Estuary & Meikle Loch
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
3.13 km² overlap
Buchan Ness to Collieston
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
2.03 km² overlap
Southern Trench
IUCN Not ReportedNature Conservation Marine Protected Area
1.67 km² overlap
Rora Moss
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
1.65 km² overlap
Rosehearty to Fraserburgh Coast
IUCN IIISite of Special Scientific Interest
1.30 km² overlap
Bullers of Buchan Coast
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
1.05 km² overlap
Foveran Links
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
1.03 km² overlap
Site of Special Scientific Interest
0.99 km² overlap
Moss of Cruden
IUCN IIISite of Special Scientific Interest
0.86 km² overlap
Meikle Loch and Kippet Hills
IUCN IIISite of Special Scientific Interest
0.73 km² overlap
Wartle Moss
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.63 km² overlap
Turclossie Moss
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.62 km² overlap
Turclossie Moss
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
0.62 km² overlap
Gight Woods
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.52 km² overlap
Scotstown Moor
IUCN Not ReportedLocal Nature Reserve
0.52 km² overlap
Cairnbulg to St Combs Coast
IUCN IIISite of Special Scientific Interest
0.50 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
4 965 distinct species · 289 112 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 River Ythan : 31 espèces dont 3 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 91 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 12.9%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 7 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°
8,2°C
Annual rain
815mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,32
Runoff
542mm/an
PET
550mm
AET
468mm
Mean slope
2,3°
Water table
198cm
Forest
5%
Crops
54%
Urban
2%
Protected
3%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)