HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080168030
Bassin de Namsen
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 : Namsos, Overhalla
Sub-basin area
94,5km²
Upstream area
6 094,6km²
Discharge
221,85m³/s
Mean elev.
183m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Folldalselva695 km²
- Bassin de Namsen166 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 93.9 km²98.7% of basin
- 1.2 km²1.3% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Almdalen-Ekorndalen
IUCN IaNature Reserve
0.49 km² overlap
Langdalen
IUCN IaNature Reserve
0.18 km² overlap
Lødding
IUCN IaNature Reserve
0.17 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 306 distinct species · 6 769 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 37 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 Namsen : 30 espèces dont 3 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 76 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 11.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 7 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°
4,3°C
Annual rain
1 415mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,69
Runoff
1 332mm/an
PET
441mm
AET
425mm
Mean slope
7,1°
Water table
270cm
Forest
29%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)