HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080052470
Bassin de River Don
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 : Aberdeen City, Aberdeenshire, Moray
Sub-basin area
1 309,8km²
Upstream area
1 309,8km²
Discharge
25,1m³/s
Mean elev.
256m
Administrative coverage
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Aberdeenshire1240.7 km²94.2% of basin
- 72.8 km²5.5% of basin
- Moray2.8 km²0.2% of basin
21 intersecting protected areas
Cairngorms
IUCN VNational Park
282.14 km² overlap
Ladder Hills
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
25.46 km² overlap
Ladder Hills
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
25.46 km² overlap
Morven and Mullachdubh
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
8.31 km² overlap
Green Hill of Strathdon
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
6.41 km² overlap
Green Hill of Strathdon
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
6.41 km² overlap
Hill of Towanreef
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.39 km² overlap
Hill of Towanreef
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
0.39 km² overlap
Donmouth
IUCN Not ReportedLocal Nature Reserve
0.33 km² overlap
12 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Paradise Wood
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.31 km² overlap
Tilliefoure Wood
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.26 km² overlap
Hill of Johnston
IUCN IIISite of Special Scientific Interest
0.19 km² overlap
Cairngorms
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
0.10 km² overlap
Inchrory
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.10 km² overlap
Cairngorms Massif
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
0.10 km² overlap
Morven and Mullachdubh
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
0.08 km² overlap
Pitcaple and Legatsden Quarries
IUCN IIISite of Special Scientific Interest
0.08 km² overlap
Hill of Barra
IUCN IIISite of Special Scientific Interest
0.06 km² overlap
Site of Special Scientific Interest
0.03 km² overlap
Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie and Meikle Loch
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
0.01 km² overlap
Pittodrie
IUCN IIISite of Special Scientific Interest
0.00 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
5 616 distinct species · 269 637 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 Don : 29 espèces dont 3 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 84 interactions GloBI sur 6 types (connectance 11.3%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 10 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°
7,0°C
Annual rain
845mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,35
Runoff
597mm/an
PET
543mm
AET
469mm
Mean slope
5,7°
Water table
351cm
Forest
7%
Crops
24%
Urban
3%
Protected
22%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)