HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080055020
Bassin de Owenglin River
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 1 administrative regions : Conamara
Sub-basin area
517,7km²
Upstream area
517,7km²
Discharge
10,19m³/s
Mean elev.
64m
Administrative coverage
28 intersecting protected areas
The Twelve Bens/Garraun Complex SAC
IUCN Not ReportedSite of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)
106.51 km² overlap
Connemara Bog Complex SAC
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
67.54 km² overlap
Connemara Bog Complex SPA
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
47.98 km² overlap
Slyne Head Peninsula SAC
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
30.75 km² overlap
West Connacht Coast SAC
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
25.90 km² overlap
Inishbofin and Inishshark SAC
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
24.17 km² overlap
Connemara National Park
IUCN IINational Park
20.47 km² overlap
Slyne Head to Ardmore Point Islands SPA
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
11.78 km² overlap
Slyne Head Islands SAC
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
10.59 km² overlap
19 more protected areassorted by overlap area
High Island, Inishshark and Davillaun SPA
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
9.26 km² overlap
Tully Mountain SAC
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
4.79 km² overlap
Aughrusbeg Machair and Lake SAC
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
4.17 km² overlap
Tooreen Bog NHA
IUCN IVNatural Heritage Area
3.54 km² overlap
Cloon & Laghtanabba Bog NHA
IUCN IVNatural Heritage Area
3.53 km² overlap
Omey Island Machair SAC
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
2.04 km² overlap
Inishbofin, Omey Island and Turbot Island SPA
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
1.71 km² overlap
Rosroe Bog SAC
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
1.55 km² overlap
Dog's Bay SAC
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
1.47 km² overlap
Tully Lough SAC
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
1.42 km² overlap
Cruagh Island SPA
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
1.39 km² overlap
Murvey Machair SAC
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.80 km² overlap
Kingstown Bay
IUCN Not ReportedMarine Protected Area (OSPAR)
0.79 km² overlap
Kingstown Bay SAC
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.78 km² overlap
Cregduff Lough SAC
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.67 km² overlap
Rusheenduff Lough SAC
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.47 km² overlap
Barnahallia Lough SAC
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.44 km² overlap
Illaunnanoon SPA
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
0.20 km² overlap
Maumturk Mountains SAC
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.10 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 215 distinct species · 46 947 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 38 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 Owenglin River : 28 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 69 interactions GloBI sur 6 types (connectance 9.3%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 11 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 236mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,54
Runoff
1 310mm/an
PET
570mm
AET
531mm
Mean slope
4,6°
Water table
222cm
Forest
25%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
1%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)