HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080052780
Bassin de River Almond
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 11 administrative regions : City of Edinburgh, Clackmannanshire, East Lothian, Falkirk, Midlothian +6
Sub-basin area
2 398,1km²
Upstream area
2 398,1km²
Discharge
1,38m³/s
Mean elev.
151m
Administrative coverage
11 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- East Lothian624.3 km²25.9% of basin
- West Lothian426.1 km²17.7% of basin
- Midlothian350.7 km²14.6% of basin
- Falkirk295.7 km²12.3% of basin
- 264.6 km²11.0% of basin
- Scottish Borders245.1 km²10.2% of basin
- North Lanarkshire88.6 km²3.7% of basin
- Stirling59.0 km²2.4% of basin
3 moreFull L2 list
- NA6.9 km² · 0.3%
- South Lanarkshire6.1 km² · 0.3%
- Clackmannanshire0.3 km² · 0.0%
30 intersecting protected areas
Pentland Hills
IUCN Not ReportedRegional Park
91.91 km² overlap
Firth of Forth
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
33.00 km² overlap
Firth of Forth
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
26.46 km² overlap
Firth of Forth
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
26.39 km² overlap
Firth of Forth
IUCN Not ReportedMarine Protected Area (OSPAR)
24.19 km² overlap
Outer Firth of Forth and St Andrews Bay Complex
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
17.07 km² overlap
Berwickshire and North Northumberland Coast
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
10.12 km² overlap
Berwickshire and North Northumberland Coast
IUCN Not ReportedMarine Protected Area (OSPAR)
9.91 km² overlap
Lammer Law
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
7.77 km² overlap
21 more protected areassorted by overlap area
St Abb's Head to Fast Castle
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
6.46 km² overlap
Slamannan Plateau
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
5.74 km² overlap
Slamannan Plateau
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
5.54 km² overlap
Rammer Cleugh
IUCN IIISite of Special Scientific Interest
4.82 km² overlap
St Abb`s Head to Fast Castle
IUCN Not ReportedMarine Protected Area (OSPAR)
4.63 km² overlap
Cobbinshaw Moss
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
4.52 km² overlap
Forth Islands
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
4.40 km² overlap
Forth Islands
IUCN Not ReportedMarine Protected Area (OSPAR)
4.21 km² overlap
Aberlady Bay
IUCN Not ReportedLocal Nature Reserve
3.38 km² overlap
North Northumberland
IUCN VHeritage Coast
3.28 km² overlap
St Abb's Head to Fast Castle
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
2.53 km² overlap
Barns Ness Coast
IUCN IIISite of Special Scientific Interest
2.44 km² overlap
Dundreich Plateau
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
2.38 km² overlap
Fala Flow
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
2.28 km² overlap
Arthur's Seat Volcano
IUCN IIISite of Special Scientific Interest
2.28 km² overlap
Fala Flow
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
2.27 km² overlap
Fala Flow
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
2.27 km² overlap
Site of Special Scientific Interest
2.06 km² overlap
Craigengar
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
2.04 km² overlap
Denny Muir
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
1.97 km² overlap
Gladhouse Reservoir
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
1.87 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
12 036 distinct species · 1 943 283 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 34 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 Almond : 21 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 122 interactions GloBI sur 6 types (connectance 20.5%, 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°
7,9°C
Annual rain
852mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,28
Runoff
674mm/an
PET
590mm
AET
492mm
Mean slope
3,0°
Water table
152cm
Forest
3%
Crops
44%
Urban
17%
Protected
7%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)