HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080053420
Bassin de River Welland
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 5 administrative regions : NA, Peterborough
Sub-basin area
1 726,1km²
Upstream area
1 726,1km²
Discharge
16,07m³/s
Mean elev.
61m
Administrative coverage
5 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- NAEngland · United Kingdom864.8 km²49.9% of basin
- NAEngland · United Kingdom312.6 km²18.0% of basin
- NAEngland · United Kingdom274.0 km²15.8% of basin
- NAEngland · United Kingdom155.5 km²9.0% of basin
- PeterboroughEngland · United Kingdom125.6 km²7.2% of basin
30 intersecting protected areas
Rutland Water
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
15.56 km² overlap
Rutland Water
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
15.56 km² overlap
Rutland Water
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
13.34 km² overlap
The Wash and North Norfolk Coast
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
12.23 km² overlap
The Wash
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
12.23 km² overlap
The Wash
IUCN IVWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
12.23 km² overlap
The Wash
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
12.22 km² overlap
Frampton Marsh
IUCN IVNature Reserve
5.01 km² overlap
The Wash and North Norfolk Coast
IUCN Not ReportedMarine Protected Area (OSPAR)
4.77 km² overlap
21 more protected areassorted by overlap area
The Wash
IUCN Not ReportedMarine Protected Area (OSPAR)
4.77 km² overlap
The Wash
IUCN IVNational Nature Reserve
3.08 km² overlap
Eye Brook Reservoir
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
2.01 km² overlap
Burley and Rushpit Woods
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
1.61 km² overlap
Leighfield Forest
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
1.50 km² overlap
Owston Woods
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
1.29 km² overlap
Grimsthorpe Park
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
1.17 km² overlap
Ketton Quarries
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
1.16 km² overlap
Site of Special Scientific Interest
1.11 km² overlap
Luffenham Heath Golf Course
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.75 km² overlap
Castor Hanglands
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.71 km² overlap
Castor Hanglands
IUCN IVNational Nature Reserve
0.71 km² overlap
Eye Brook Valley Woods
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.66 km² overlap
Deeping Gravel Pits
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.58 km² overlap
Baston and Thurlby Fens
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.55 km² overlap
Dunsby Wood
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.54 km² overlap
Math and Elsea Wood
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.44 km² overlap
Launde Big Wood
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.41 km² overlap
Site of Special Scientific Interest
0.38 km² overlap
National Nature Reserve
0.38 km² overlap
Stoke & Bowd Lane Woods
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.36 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
10 406 distinct species · 2 055 574 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 36 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 Welland : 30 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 78 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 12.4%, 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°
9,6°C
Annual rain
597mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,12
Runoff
300mm/an
PET
675mm
AET
493mm
Mean slope
1,3°
Water table
86cm
Forest
0%
Crops
65%
Urban
6%
Protected
3%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)