HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080055660
Bassin de Lagan
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 6 administrative regions : Antrim and Newtownabbey, Ards and North Down, Armagh City, Banbridge and Craig, Belfast, NA +1
Sub-basin area
598,6km²
Upstream area
598,6km²
Discharge
10,49m³/s
Mean elev.
98m
Administrative coverage
6 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 326.2 km²54.3% of basin
- 147.4 km²24.5% of basin
- Belfast86.7 km²14.4% of basin
- 39.6 km²6.6% of basin
- 0.4 km²0.1% of basin
- 0.2 km²0.0% of basin
20 intersecting protected areas
Lagan Valley
IUCN Not ReportedArea of Outstanding Natural Beauty
38.79 km² overlap
Mourne
IUCN Not ReportedArea of Outstanding Natural Beauty
23.11 km² overlap
Divis and Black Mountain
IUCN VNature Reserve
4.26 km² overlap
Slievenacloy
IUCN Not ReportedArea of Special Scientific Interest
1.32 km² overlap
Belvoir
IUCN Not ReportedArea of Special Scientific Interest
1.03 km² overlap
Lisnabreeny
IUCN VNature Reserve
0.51 km² overlap
Minnowburn
IUCN VNature Reserve
0.49 km² overlap
Inner Belfast Lough
IUCN Not ReportedArea of Special Scientific Interest
0.26 km² overlap
Collin Glen
IUCN VNature Reserve
0.16 km² overlap
11 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Belfast Lough
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
0.07 km² overlap
Belfast Lough
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
0.07 km² overlap
Maghaberry
IUCN Not ReportedArea of Special Scientific Interest
0.04 km² overlap
Slieve Croob
IUCN Not ReportedArea of Special Scientific Interest
0.03 km² overlap
Belfast Lough
IUCN Not ReportedMarine Protected Area (OSPAR)
0.02 km² overlap
Belshaws Quarry
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
0.01 km² overlap
Clarehill
IUCN Not ReportedArea of Special Scientific Interest
0.01 km² overlap
Belshaws Quarry
IUCN Not ReportedArea of Special Scientific Interest
0.01 km² overlap
Ballynanaghten
IUCN Not ReportedArea of Special Scientific Interest
0.01 km² overlap
Belfast Lough Open Water
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
0.01 km² overlap
Belfast Lough Open Water
IUCN Not ReportedMarine Protected Area (OSPAR)
0.01 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
5 068 distinct species · 213 121 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 31 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 Lagan : 24 espèces reliées par 57 interactions GloBI sur 6 types (connectance 10.8%, 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°
8,6°C
Annual rain
1 033mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,43
Runoff
776mm/an
PET
589mm
AET
530mm
Mean slope
2,7°
Water table
130cm
Forest
0%
Crops
29%
Urban
25%
Protected
11%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)