HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080058940
Bassin de Hrútá
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 : Norður-Hérað, Skútustaðahreppur, Sveitarfélagið Hornafjörður
Sub-basin area
1 106km²
Upstream area
1 106km²
Discharge
107,12m³/s
Mean elev.
1 067m
Administrative coverage
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1077.7 km²96.8% of basin
- 32.4 km²2.9% of basin
- 2.3 km²0.2% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Vatnajökull National Park - Dynamic Nature of Fire and Ice
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
1095.09 km² overlap
Vatnajökulsþjóðgarður
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
1095.09 km² overlap
Vatnajökulsþjóðgarður
IUCN IINational Park
1095.08 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
786 distinct species · 3 715 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 27 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 Hrútá : 17 espèces reliées par 43 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 12.3%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 10 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
1 679mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,83
Runoff
2 521mm/an
PET
281mm
AET
281mm
Mean slope
11,6°
Water table
0cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
94%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)