HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080059000
Bassin de Djúpá
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 1 administrative regions : Skaftárhreppur
Sub-basin area
430,6km²
Upstream area
430,7km²
Discharge
29,23m³/s
Mean elev.
469m
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 433.4 km²100.0% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Vatnajökulsþjóðgarður
IUCN IINational Park
94.66 km² overlap
Vatnajökull National Park - Dynamic Nature of Fire and Ice
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
94.66 km² overlap
Vatnajökulsþjóðgarður
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
94.66 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
704 distinct species · 1 152 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 Djúpá : 25 espèces reliées par 52 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 9.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 8 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°
2,3°C
Annual rain
1 517mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,78
Runoff
2 113mm/an
PET
336mm
AET
336mm
Mean slope
5,3°
Water table
0cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
22%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)