HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080053720
Bassin de River Chelmer
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
Sub-basin area
991,4km²
Upstream area
991,4km²
Discharge
7,98m³/s
Mean elev.
64m
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- NAEngland · United Kingdom994.9 km²100.0% of basin
- NAEngland · United Kingdom0.0 km²0.0% of basin
30 intersecting protected areas
Hanningfield Reservoir
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
4.03 km² overlap
Site of Special Scientific Interest
0.87 km² overlap
Nature Reserve
0.86 km² overlap
Woodham Walter Common
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.80 km² overlap
Danbury Common
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.71 km² overlap
Essex Estuaries
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
0.60 km² overlap
Blackwater Estuary (Mid-Essex Coast Phase 4)
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
0.55 km² overlap
Blackwater Estuary
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.55 km² overlap
Blackwater Estuary
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
0.54 km² overlap
21 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Blackwater Estuary
IUCN IVWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
0.54 km² overlap
Marine Conservation Zone
0.51 km² overlap
Blackwater, Crouch, Roach and Colne Estuaries
IUCN Not ReportedMarine Protected Area (OSPAR)
0.47 km² overlap
Galleywood Common
IUCN IVLocal Nature Reserve
0.45 km² overlap
Thorndon Park
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.43 km² overlap
Blake's Wood
IUCN VNature Reserve
0.43 km² overlap
Hutton Country Park
IUCN IVLocal Nature Reserve
0.37 km² overlap
Blackwater Estuary (Mid-Essex Coast Phase 4)
IUCN Not ReportedMarine Protected Area (OSPAR)
0.35 km² overlap
Bovingdon Hall Woods
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.26 km² overlap
Site of Special Scientific Interest
0.25 km² overlap
Flitch Way
IUCN IVLocal Nature Reserve
0.25 km² overlap
West Wood, Little Sampford
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.24 km² overlap
Bocking Blackwater
IUCN IVLocal Nature Reserve
0.22 km² overlap
Norsey Wood
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.18 km² overlap
Norsey Wood
IUCN IVLocal Nature Reserve
0.18 km² overlap
Chelmer Valley Riverside
IUCN IVLocal Nature Reserve
0.18 km² overlap
Whet Mead
IUCN IVLocal Nature Reserve
0.10 km² overlap
Hoppit Mead
IUCN IVLocal Nature Reserve
0.09 km² overlap
Belcher's & Broadfield Woods
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.09 km² overlap
Thrift Wood, Woodham Ferrers
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.08 km² overlap
River Ter
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.06 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
5 772 distinct species · 431 326 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 Chelmer : 27 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 69 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 11.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 9 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
566mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,17
Runoff
279mm/an
PET
683mm
AET
476mm
Mean slope
1,2°
Water table
101cm
Forest
0%
Crops
54%
Urban
16%
Protected
1%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)