HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080053070
Bassin de River Wear
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 7 administrative regions : County Durham, Cumbria, Darlington, Gateshead, NA
Sub-basin area
1 175,9km²
Upstream area
1 175,9km²
Discharge
21,23m³/s
Mean elev.
224m
Administrative coverage
7 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- County DurhamEngland · United Kingdom1055.6 km²89.4% of basin
- NAEngland · United Kingdom118.7 km²10.0% of basin
- NAEngland · United Kingdom4.8 km²0.4% of basin
- NAEngland · United Kingdom0.8 km²0.1% of basin
- GatesheadEngland · United Kingdom0.6 km²0.1% of basin
- DarlingtonEngland · United Kingdom0.4 km²0.0% of basin
- CumbriaEngland · United Kingdom0.2 km²0.0% of basin
30 intersecting protected areas
North Pennines
IUCN VArea of Outstanding Natural Beauty
347.21 km² overlap
North Pennine Moors
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
113.67 km² overlap
North Pennine Moors
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
104.51 km² overlap
Site of Special Scientific Interest
65.55 km² overlap
Site of Special Scientific Interest
37.36 km² overlap
Moor House - Upper Teesdale
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
8.75 km² overlap
Upper Teesdale
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
5.13 km² overlap
Moorhouse and Cross Fell
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
3.62 km² overlap
Fairy Holes Cave
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
2.14 km² overlap
21 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Hexhamshire Moors
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
1.77 km² overlap
Chapman's Well
IUCN IVLocal Nature Reserve
1.50 km² overlap
Waldridge Fell
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
1.14 km² overlap
Daisy Hill
IUCN IVLocal Nature Reserve
0.53 km² overlap
Hylton Dene
IUCN IVLocal Nature Reserve
0.52 km² overlap
Raisby Hill Quarry
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.51 km² overlap
North Pennine Dales Meadows
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
0.43 km² overlap
Crow Trees
IUCN IVLocal Nature Reserve
0.41 km² overlap
Cassop Vale
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.41 km² overlap
Cong Burn Wood
IUCN IVLocal Nature Reserve
0.40 km² overlap
Site of Special Scientific Interest
0.39 km² overlap
Witton-le-Wear
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.37 km² overlap
Crime Rigg Quarry
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.32 km² overlap
Sacriston Wood
IUCN IVLocal Nature Reserve
0.31 km² overlap
Tunstall Hills
IUCN IVLocal Nature Reserve
0.29 km² overlap
South Stanley Woods
IUCN IVLocal Nature Reserve
0.28 km² overlap
Green Croft and Langley Moor
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.26 km² overlap
Brasside Pond
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.25 km² overlap
Moorhouse Woods
IUCN VNature Reserve
0.24 km² overlap
Wingate Quarry
IUCN IVLocal Nature Reserve
0.23 km² overlap
Allendale Moors
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.22 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
6 982 distinct species · 709 009 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 37 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 Wear : 32 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 75 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 10.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 6 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°
7,8°C
Annual rain
804mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,23
Runoff
581mm/an
PET
596mm
AET
492mm
Mean slope
3,9°
Water table
243cm
Forest
1%
Crops
24%
Urban
23%
Protected
30%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)