HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080055320

Bassin de Eany

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 : Donegal, Glenties, Letterkenny - Milford, Lifford - Stranorlar

Coastal basin 11% lakePfafstetter: 23400701

Sub-basin area

2 605,2km²

Upstream area

2 605,2km²

Discharge

7,4m³/s

Mean elev.

118m

Administrative coverage

4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)

Glenties
Donegal · Ireland
1220.7 km²
46.6% of basin
Donegal
Donegal · Ireland
808.8 km²
30.9% of basin
Letterkenny - Milford
Donegal · Ireland
372.1 km²
14.2% of basin
Lifford - Stranorlar
Donegal · Ireland
7.7 km²
0.3% of basin

30 intersecting protected areas

Cloghernagore Bog and Glenveagh National Park SAC
IUCN Not Reported
Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
281.12 km² overlap
Derryveagh and Glendowan Mountains SPA
IUCN Not Reported
Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)
259.70 km² overlap
Glenveagh National Park
IUCN II
National Park
124.21 km² overlap
Slieve Tooey/Tormore Island/Loughros Beg Bay SAC
IUCN Not Reported
Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)
86.62 km² overlap
West of Ardara/Maas Road SAC
IUCN Not Reported
Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)
60.57 km² overlap
Gweedore Bay and Islands SAC
IUCN Not Reported
Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)
42.55 km² overlap
Lough Nillan Bog (Carrickatlieve) SAC
IUCN Not Reported
Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
41.51 km² overlap
Lough Nillan Bog SPA
IUCN Not Reported
Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)
41.16 km² overlap
Slieve League SAC
IUCN Not Reported
Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
38.44 km² overlap

21 more protected areassorted by overlap area

West Donegal Coast SPA
IUCN Not Reported
Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)
33.30 km² overlap
Gannivegil Bog SAC
IUCN Not Reported
Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
21.52 km² overlap
Horn Head to Fanad Head SPA
IUCN Not Reported
Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)
21.05 km² overlap
Mulroy Bay SAC
IUCN Not Reported
Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
20.96 km² overlap
Horn Head and Rinclevan SAC
IUCN Not Reported
Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
20.57 km² overlap
Rutland Island and Sound SAC
IUCN Not Reported
Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
20.02 km² overlap
Mulroy Bay
IUCN Not Reported
Marine Protected Area (OSPAR)
18.58 km² overlap
Donegal Bay SPA
IUCN Not Reported
Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)
16.36 km² overlap
Muckish Mountain SAC
IUCN Not Reported
Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)
15.23 km² overlap
Barnesmore Bog NHA
IUCN IV
Natural Heritage Area
14.73 km² overlap
Sheephaven SAC
IUCN Not Reported
Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
13.99 km² overlap
Donegal Bay (Murvagh) SAC
IUCN Not Reported
Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
12.19 km² overlap
Fawnboy Bog/Lough Nacung SAC
IUCN Not Reported
Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
11.07 km² overlap
Ballyhoorisky Point to Fanad Head SAC
IUCN Not Reported
Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
10.92 km² overlap
Dunragh Loughs/Pettigo Plateau SAC
IUCN Not Reported
Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
9.57 km² overlap
Ballyness Bay
IUCN Not Reported
Marine Protected Area (OSPAR)
9.30 km² overlap
Ballyness Bay SAC
IUCN Not Reported
Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
9.27 km² overlap
Lough Swilly SAC
IUCN Not Reported
Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
9.11 km² overlap
Lough Eske and Ardnamona Wood SAC
IUCN Not Reported
Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
8.58 km² overlap
West Donegal Islands SPA
IUCN Not Reported
Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)
7.95 km² overlap
Meenaguse/Ardbane Bog SAC
IUCN Not Reported
Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
6.65 km² overlap

Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.

Species present

4 145 distinct species · 85 558 observations

Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.

Ecological tissue

Sample of 37 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).

RègnesAnimalPlanteChampignonBacterie

RelationsPredationParasitismeSymbiosePollinisation

StatutEn dangerVulnérableProtégéeEndémique

RègnesAnimalPlanteChampignonBacterie

RelationsPredationParasitismeSymbiosePollinisation

StatutEn dangerVulnérableProtégéeEndémique

Indicateurs du tissu écologique

Tissu écologique de Bassin de Eany : 27 espèces dont 3 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 91 interactions GloBI sur 6 types (connectance 13.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 10 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).

Espèces affichées

Interactions affichées

Connectance

0.137

Patrimoniales

Plus dense que (national)0 %(top 100%)

Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).

Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)

Mean T°

8,6°C

Annual rain

1 373mm

Moisture idx (CMI)

0,60

Runoff

1 318mm/an

PET

540mm

AET

520mm

Mean slope

5,5°

Water table

276cm

Forest

17%

Crops

Urban

Protected

HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)