HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080053680
Bassin de River Colne
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
877,3km²
Upstream area
877,3km²
Discharge
2,85m³/s
Mean elev.
32m
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- NAEngland · United Kingdom855.1 km²97.1% of basin
- SuffolkEngland · United Kingdom0.8 km²0.1% of basin
30 intersecting protected areas
Essex Estuaries
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
38.89 km² overlap
Marine Conservation Zone
26.16 km² overlap
Colne Estuary
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
25.15 km² overlap
Blackwater, Crouch, Roach and Colne Estuaries
IUCN Not ReportedMarine Protected Area (OSPAR)
24.16 km² overlap
Colne Estuary (Mid-Essex Coast Phase 2)
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
23.50 km² overlap
Colne Estuary
IUCN IVWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
23.41 km² overlap
Blackwater Estuary
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
22.76 km² overlap
Blackwater Estuary (Mid-Essex Coast Phase 4)
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
22.75 km² overlap
Blackwater Estuary
IUCN IVWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
22.69 km² overlap
21 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Blackwater Estuary
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
22.69 km² overlap
Hamford Water
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
20.95 km² overlap
Hamford Water
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
20.52 km² overlap
Hamford Water
IUCN IVWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
20.49 km² overlap
Hamford Water
IUCN IVNational Nature Reserve
13.54 km² overlap
Essex Estuaries
IUCN Not ReportedMarine Protected Area (OSPAR)
12.36 km² overlap
Suffolk Coast & Heaths
IUCN VArea of Outstanding Natural Beauty
12.03 km² overlap
Hamford Water
IUCN Not ReportedMarine Protected Area (OSPAR)
10.23 km² overlap
Blackwater Estuary (Mid-Essex Coast Phase 4)
IUCN Not ReportedMarine Protected Area (OSPAR)
9.95 km² overlap
Blackwater Estuary
IUCN IVNational Nature Reserve
8.68 km² overlap
Colne Estuary (Mid-Essex Coast Phase 2)
IUCN Not ReportedMarine Protected Area (OSPAR)
8.01 km² overlap
Abberton Reservoir
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
7.18 km² overlap
Abberton Reservoir
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
7.18 km² overlap
Abberton Reservoir
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
7.18 km² overlap
Stour & Orwell Estuaries
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
6.15 km² overlap
Stour and Orwell Estuaries
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
6.08 km² overlap
Stour Estuary
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
6.06 km² overlap
Stour and Orwell Estuaries
IUCN Not ReportedMarine Protected Area (OSPAR)
5.28 km² overlap
Old Hall Marshes
IUCN IVNature Reserve
4.55 km² overlap
Colne Estuary
IUCN IVNational Nature Reserve
4.16 km² overlap
Roman River
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
2.82 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
8 557 distinct species · 872 269 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 29 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 Colne : 23 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 57 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 14.0%, 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°
9,8°C
Annual rain
545mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,18
Runoff
272mm/an
PET
667mm
AET
459mm
Mean slope
1,0°
Water table
69cm
Forest
0%
Crops
71%
Urban
17%
Protected
11%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)