HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080153590
Bassin de Grænilækur
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 : Skútustaðahreppur
Sub-basin area
37,6km²
Upstream area
2 003,3km²
Discharge
41,65m³/s
Mean elev.
271m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Seljahjallagil388 km²
- Bassin · #208015435011 km²
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 37.9 km²100.0% of basin
5 intersecting protected areas
Myvatn-Laxá region
IUCN VWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
37.86 km² overlap
Mývatn-Laxá
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
27.93 km² overlap
Mývatn
IUCN IVConservation Area
27.93 km² overlap
Skútustaðagígar
IUCN IIINatural Monument
0.34 km² overlap
Dimmuborgir
IUCN IIINatural Monument
0.01 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
725 distinct species · 44 844 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 Grænilækur : 23 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 86 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 17.3%, 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°
1,9°C
Annual rain
893mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,61
Runoff
685mm/an
PET
344mm
AET
316mm
Mean slope
1,2°
Water table
0cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
75%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)