HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080058970
Bassin de Gígjukvísl
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 2 administrative regions : Skaftárhreppur, Sveitarfélagið Hornafjörður
Sub-basin area
370,4km²
Upstream area
371,1km²
Discharge
27,38m³/s
Mean elev.
37m
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 348.7 km²93.5% of basin
- 23.6 km²6.3% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Vatnajökulsþjóðgarður
IUCN IINational Park
70.73 km² overlap
Vatnajökull National Park - Dynamic Nature of Fire and Ice
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
70.73 km² overlap
Vatnajökulsþjóðgarður
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
69.87 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
137 distinct species · 312 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 25 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 Gígjukvísl : 16 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 47 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 15.7%, 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°
4,5°C
Annual rain
1 396mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,74
Runoff
2 260mm/an
PET
362mm
AET
362mm
Mean slope
1,3°
Water table
0cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
19%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)