HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080054630
Bassin de Laune
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 4 administrative regions : Castleisland-Corca Dhuibhne, Kenmare, Killarney, Macroom
Sub-basin area
824,7km²
Upstream area
824,8km²
Discharge
39,26m³/s
Mean elev.
194m
Administrative coverage
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 530.5 km²64.1% of basin
- 225.6 km²27.2% of basin
- 61.1 km²7.4% of basin
- 10.7 km²1.3% of basin
10 intersecting protected areas
Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
323.73 km² overlap
Killarney National Park
IUCN IINational Park
102.25 km² overlap
Killarney National Park SPA
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
101.43 km² overlap
Killarney National Park
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
101.11 km² overlap
Castlemaine Harbour SAC
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
11.65 km² overlap
Castlemaine Harbour SPA
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
0.66 km² overlap
Mullaghanish Bog SAC
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.36 km² overlap
Sheheree (Ardagh) Bog SAC
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.17 km² overlap
Eirk Bog SPA
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
0.13 km² overlap
1 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Old Domestic Building, Curraglass Wood SAC
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.00 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
4 634 distinct species · 65 434 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 39 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 Laune : 31 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 92 interactions GloBI sur 6 types (connectance 11.8%, 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°
9,5°C
Annual rain
1 370mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,55
Runoff
1 383mm/an
PET
607mm
AET
563mm
Mean slope
7,0°
Water table
310cm
Forest
4%
Crops
17%
Urban
2%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)