HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080053640
Bassin de River Gipping
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 : NA, Suffolk
Sub-basin area
548,9km²
Upstream area
548,9km²
Discharge
0,42m³/s
Mean elev.
43m
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- SuffolkEngland · United Kingdom529.6 km²96.1% of basin
- NAEngland · United Kingdom0.1 km²0.0% of basin
30 intersecting protected areas
Suffolk Coast & Heaths
IUCN VArea of Outstanding Natural Beauty
66.57 km² overlap
Stour and Orwell Estuaries
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
13.96 km² overlap
Stour & Orwell Estuaries
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
13.93 km² overlap
Stour and Orwell Estuaries
IUCN Not ReportedMarine Protected Area (OSPAR)
10.51 km² overlap
Orwell Estuary
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
9.73 km² overlap
Stour Estuary
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
4.25 km² overlap
Suffolk
IUCN VHeritage Coast
1.68 km² overlap
Site of Special Scientific Interest
1.42 km² overlap
Barking Woods
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.99 km² overlap
21 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Hintlesham Woods
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.77 km² overlap
Wolves Wood Reserves
IUCN IVNature Reserve
0.76 km² overlap
Stour Estuary
IUCN IVNature Reserve
0.64 km² overlap
Bradfield Woods
IUCN IVNational Nature Reserve
0.34 km² overlap
Bradfield Woods
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.34 km² overlap
Pin Mill
IUCN VNature Reserve
0.33 km² overlap
Bridge Wood
IUCN IVLocal Nature Reserve
0.31 km² overlap
Landguard Common
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.30 km² overlap
Gipping Great Wood
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.26 km² overlap
Middle Wood, Offton
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.23 km² overlap
Gosbeck Wood
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.23 km² overlap
Pipers Vale
IUCN IVLocal Nature Reserve
0.20 km² overlap
Landguard Common
IUCN IVLocal Nature Reserve
0.16 km² overlap
Bobbits Lane
IUCN IVLocal Nature Reserve
0.16 km² overlap
Thorpe Morieux Woods
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.16 km² overlap
Combs Wood
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.15 km² overlap
Sandy Lane Pit, Barham
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.11 km² overlap
Needham Lake
IUCN IVLocal Nature Reserve
0.10 km² overlap
Bramford Meadows
IUCN IVLocal Nature Reserve
0.09 km² overlap
Elmsett Park Wood
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.09 km² overlap
Rede Wood
IUCN IVLocal Nature Reserve
0.08 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
8 755 distinct species · 797 918 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 33 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 Gipping : 21 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 113 interactions GloBI sur 6 types (connectance 21.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 12 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°
9,7°C
Annual rain
568mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,13
Runoff
275mm/an
PET
654mm
AET
474mm
Mean slope
1,3°
Water table
98cm
Forest
0%
Crops
76%
Urban
15%
Protected
11%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)