HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080160690
Bassin de Jökulsá á Fjöllum
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 : Norður-Hérað, Skútustaðahreppur
Sub-basin area
417,1km²
Upstream area
1 913,8km²
Discharge
73,07m³/s
Mean elev.
825m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #20801618801043 km²
- Bassin de Jökulsá á Fjöllum453 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 267.0 km²63.6% of basin
- 152.9 km²36.4% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Vatnajökulsþjóðgarður
IUCN IINational Park
419.84 km² overlap
Vatnajökull National Park - Dynamic Nature of Fire and Ice
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
419.84 km² overlap
Vatnajökulsþjóðgarður
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
419.84 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
183 distinct species · 585 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 Jökulsá á Fjöllum : 19 espèces reliées par 56 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 12.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 12 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°
-0,5°C
Annual rain
1 318mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,77
Runoff
1 033mm/an
PET
302mm
AET
302mm
Mean slope
5,4°
Water table
0cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
66%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)