HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080054980
Bassin de Abhainn Ghabhla
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 : Conamara, Galway City
Sub-basin area
883,1km²
Upstream area
883,1km²
Discharge
16,59m³/s
Mean elev.
55m
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 753.5 km²85.0% of basin
- 15.6 km²1.8% of basin
14 intersecting protected areas
Connemara Bog Complex SAC
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
364.96 km² overlap
Connemara Bog Complex SPA
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
131.93 km² overlap
Kilkieran Bay and Islands SAC
IUCN Not ReportedSite of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)
98.46 km² overlap
Kilkieran Bay and Islands
IUCN Not ReportedMarine Protected Area (OSPAR)
97.59 km² overlap
Maumturk Mountains SAC
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
22.92 km² overlap
Moycullen Bogs NHA
IUCN IVNatural Heritage Area
15.95 km² overlap
Slyne Head to Ardmore Point Islands SPA
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
6.18 km² overlap
Galway Bay Complex
IUCN Not ReportedMarine Protected Area (OSPAR)
4.87 km² overlap
Galway Bay Complex SAC
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
4.76 km² overlap
5 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Oughterard District Bog NHA
IUCN IVNatural Heritage Area
4.55 km² overlap
Inner Galway Bay
IUCN IVWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
4.12 km² overlap
Inner Galway Bay SPA
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
4.12 km² overlap
Carna Heath & Bog NHA
IUCN IVNatural Heritage Area
0.32 km² overlap
Lough Nageeron SAC
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.20 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 081 distinct species · 44 220 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 34 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 Abhainn Ghabhla : 24 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 68 interactions GloBI sur 6 types (connectance 10.8%, 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°
9,6°C
Annual rain
1 183mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,50
Runoff
1 258mm/an
PET
595mm
AET
543mm
Mean slope
2,7°
Water table
155cm
Forest
16%
Crops
1%
Urban
2%
Protected
2%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)