HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080058270
Bassin de Litlaá
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 7 administrative regions : Aðaldælahreppur, Húsavík, Kelduneshreppur, Reykdælahreppur, Reykjahreppur +2
Sub-basin area
1 223,1km²
Upstream area
1 223,1km²
Discharge
0,56m³/s
Mean elev.
269m
Administrative coverage
7 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 372.5 km²30.3% of basin
- 368.9 km²30.0% of basin
- 190.8 km²15.5% of basin
- 178.8 km²14.5% of basin
- 67.5 km²5.5% of basin
- 21.2 km²1.7% of basin
- 17.9 km²1.5% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Mývatn-Laxá
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
3.36 km² overlap
Myvatn-Laxá region
IUCN VWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
3.36 km² overlap
Mývatn
IUCN IVConservation Area
3.36 km² overlap
Hellar á Þeistareykjum
IUCN IIINatural Monument
0.74 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 426 distinct species · 258 823 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 33 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 Litlaá : 23 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 85 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 13.5%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 13 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°
1,5°C
Annual rain
810mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,58
Runoff
758mm/an
PET
338mm
AET
304mm
Mean slope
5,0°
Water table
0cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)