HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080056000
Bassin de Owenavorragh
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 : Arklow, Gorey-Kilmuckridge, Wexford
Sub-basin area
556,5km²
Upstream area
556,5km²
Discharge
0,08m³/s
Mean elev.
51m
Administrative coverage
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Gorey-KilmuckridgeWexford · Ireland458.6 km²82.1% of basin
- 64.5 km²11.5% of basin
- 17.8 km²3.2% of basin
11 intersecting protected areas
Wexford Harbour and Slobs SPA
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
15.90 km² overlap
Slaney River Valley SAC
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
4.66 km² overlap
Raven Point Nature Reserve SAC
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
4.03 km² overlap
The Raven SPA
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
3.86 km² overlap
Raven, The
IUCN IVWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
3.84 km² overlap
Cahore Polders and Dunes SAC
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
2.76 km² overlap
Cahore Marshes SPA
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
1.92 km² overlap
Screen Hills SAC
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
1.39 km² overlap
Wexford Wildfowl Reserve
IUCN IaWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
1.16 km² overlap
2 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Kilmuckridge-Tinnaberna Sandhills SAC
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.65 km² overlap
Kilpatrick Sandhills SAC
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.41 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 298 distinct species · 57 762 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 Owenavorragh : 22 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 65 interactions GloBI sur 6 types (connectance 11.6%, 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°
9,7°C
Annual rain
962mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,36
Runoff
743mm/an
PET
613mm
AET
522mm
Mean slope
2,0°
Water table
148cm
Forest
2%
Crops
29%
Urban
2%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)