HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080154250
Bassin de Seljahjallagil
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
388,4km²
Upstream area
388,4km²
Discharge
8,15m³/s
Mean elev.
470m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 391.0 km²100.0% of basin
6 intersecting protected areas
Myvatn-Laxá region
IUCN VWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
84.88 km² overlap
Seljahjallagil
IUCN IIINatural Monument
18.81 km² overlap
Dimmuborgir
IUCN IIINatural Monument
3.49 km² overlap
Hverfjall (Hverfell)
IUCN IIINatural Monument
1.86 km² overlap
Mývatn
IUCN IVConservation Area
1.70 km² overlap
Mývatn-Laxá
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
1.70 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
687 distinct species · 2 241 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 Seljahjallagil : 20 espèces reliées par 55 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 11.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 11 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°
0,8°C
Annual rain
994mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,67
Runoff
666mm/an
PET
325mm
AET
310mm
Mean slope
5,4°
Water table
0cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
7%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)