HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080162150
Bassin de Jökla
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 : Fljótsdalshreppur, Norður-Hérað
Sub-basin area
741,7km²
Upstream area
741,7km²
Discharge
31,22m³/s
Mean elev.
917m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 706.7 km²94.7% of basin
- 39.8 km²5.3% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Vatnajökulsþjóðgarður
IUCN IINational Park
587.00 km² overlap
Vatnajökull National Park - Dynamic Nature of Fire and Ice
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
587.00 km² overlap
Vatnajökulsþjóðgarður
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
587.00 km² overlap
Kringilsárrani
IUCN IVNature Reserve
62.34 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
402 distinct species · 3 155 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 30 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 Jökla : 21 espèces reliées par 43 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 9.9%, 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°
-1,2°C
Annual rain
1 522mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,81
Runoff
1 392mm/an
PET
285mm
AET
285mm
Mean slope
3,3°
Water table
0cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
87%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)