HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080052750
Bassin de Black Devon
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 4 administrative regions : Clackmannanshire, Falkirk, Fife, Perth and Kinross
Sub-basin area
387,5km²
Upstream area
387,5km²
Discharge
1,39m³/s
Mean elev.
79m
Administrative coverage
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Fife317.9 km²81.6% of basin
- Clackmannanshire49.4 km²12.7% of basin
- 8.8 km²2.3% of basin
- Falkirk0.0 km²0.0% of basin
30 intersecting protected areas
Firth of Forth
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
9.77 km² overlap
Firth of Forth
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
7.77 km² overlap
Firth of Forth
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
7.57 km² overlap
Firth of Forth
IUCN Not ReportedMarine Protected Area (OSPAR)
7.39 km² overlap
Outer Firth of Forth and St Andrews Bay Complex
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
5.62 km² overlap
Torry Bay
IUCN Not ReportedLocal Nature Reserve
4.27 km² overlap
Gartmorn Dam
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.67 km² overlap
Lockshaw Mosses
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.58 km² overlap
Gartmorn Dam
IUCN Not ReportedLocal Nature Reserve
0.42 km² overlap
21 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Forth Islands
IUCN Not ReportedMarine Protected Area (OSPAR)
0.39 km² overlap
Forth Islands
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
0.39 km² overlap
Craigmad Wood
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.29 km² overlap
Cullaloe
IUCN Not ReportedLocal Nature Reserve
0.27 km² overlap
Ferry Hills
IUCN IIISite of Special Scientific Interest
0.22 km² overlap
St Margaret's Marsh
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.19 km² overlap
Otterston Loch
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.18 km² overlap
Swallow Craig Den
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.17 km² overlap
Alloa Inches
IUCN IVNature Reserve
0.16 km² overlap
Linn Mill
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.15 km² overlap
Site of Special Scientific Interest
0.14 km² overlap
Black Loch (Cleish)
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.11 km² overlap
Cullaloe Reservoir
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.10 km² overlap
Camilla Loch
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.08 km² overlap
Steelend Moss
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.07 km² overlap
Carlingnose Point
IUCN IVNature Reserve
0.06 km² overlap
Dalbeath Marsh
IUCN Not ReportedLocal Nature Reserve
0.03 km² overlap
Dalbeath Marsh
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.02 km² overlap
Carlingnose
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.02 km² overlap
Wether Hill
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.02 km² overlap
Invertiel Quarry
IUCN IIISite of Special Scientific Interest
0.01 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
6 052 distinct species · 218 377 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 Black Devon : 26 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 107 interactions GloBI sur 6 types (connectance 13.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 14 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°
8,3°C
Annual rain
790mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,24
Runoff
706mm/an
PET
597mm
AET
485mm
Mean slope
2,8°
Water table
186cm
Forest
10%
Crops
29%
Urban
22%
Protected
3%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)