HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080054930
Bassin de Raford
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 3 administrative regions : Athenry, Ballinasloe, Loughrea
Sub-basin area
360,8km²
Upstream area
360,8km²
Discharge
8,74m³/s
Mean elev.
66m
Administrative coverage
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 288.2 km²79.5% of basin
- 42.7 km²11.8% of basin
- 31.1 km²8.6% of basin
12 intersecting protected areas
Rahasane Turlough SPA
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
3.72 km² overlap
Lough Rea SPA
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
3.66 km² overlap
Lough Rea SAC
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
3.65 km² overlap
Rahasane Turlough SAC
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
3.52 km² overlap
Raford Rover Bog NHA
IUCN IVNatural Heritage Area
2.43 km² overlap
Slieve Aughty Mountains SPA
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
2.24 km² overlap
Castletaylor Complex SAC
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
1.06 km² overlap
Galway Bay Complex SAC
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.74 km² overlap
Galway Bay Complex
IUCN Not ReportedMarine Protected Area (OSPAR)
0.73 km² overlap
3 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Inner Galway Bay
IUCN IVWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
0.56 km² overlap
Inner Galway Bay SPA
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
0.56 km² overlap
Lough Fingall Complex SAC
IUCN Not ReportedSite of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)
0.15 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 118 distinct species · 10 178 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 Raford : 25 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 72 interactions GloBI sur 6 types (connectance 12.8%, 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°
9,4°C
Annual rain
1 041mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,40
Runoff
754mm/an
PET
627mm
AET
552mm
Mean slope
0,9°
Water table
52cm
Forest
0%
Crops
14%
Urban
2%
Protected
1%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)