HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080052570
Bassin de River North Esk
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 : Aberdeenshire, Angus
Sub-basin area
752,8km²
Upstream area
753,1km²
Discharge
15,79m³/s
Mean elev.
302m
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Angus538.3 km²71.2% of basin
- Aberdeenshire218.2 km²28.8% of basin
8 intersecting protected areas
Cairngorms Massif
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
162.67 km² overlap
Cairngorms
IUCN VNational Park
126.99 km² overlap
Site of Special Scientific Interest
2.84 km² overlap
Site of Special Scientific Interest
0.84 km² overlap
Gannochy Gorge
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.45 km² overlap
St Cyrus and Kinnaber Links
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.34 km² overlap
Eslie Moss
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.33 km² overlap
St Cyrus
IUCN IINational Nature Reserve
0.15 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 764 distinct species · 76 361 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 41 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 North Esk : 32 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 102 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 12.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 9 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°
6,7°C
Annual rain
846mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,33
Runoff
622mm/an
PET
548mm
AET
469mm
Mean slope
7,1°
Water table
393cm
Forest
1%
Crops
32%
Urban
0%
Protected
18%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)