HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080175640
Bassin de Vindelälven
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 3 administrative regions : Umeå, Vindeln, Vännäs
Sub-basin area
1 031,3km²
Upstream area
14 728,1km²
Discharge
240,8m³/s
Mean elev.
207m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Hjuksån322 km²
- Bassin de Stormyrbäcken179 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 716.7 km²69.0% of basin
- 219.4 km²21.1% of basin
- 101.9 km²9.8% of basin
30 intersecting protected areas
Åtmyrberget
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
58.89 km² overlap
Åtmyrberget
IUCN Not AssignedNatura 2000 SCI
58.89 km² overlap
Vindelälven
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
36.39 km² overlap
Vindelälven
IUCN Not AssignedNatura 2000 SCI
35.86 km² overlap
Vindelälven
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
35.86 km² overlap
2053121 Nedre Vindelforsarna
IUCN Not AssignedNature Reserve
6.35 km² overlap
2014091 Stor-Bränntjärnmyran
IUCN IaNature Reserve
2.93 km² overlap
2055281 Nymyran
IUCN IaNature Reserve
2.46 km² overlap
2020946 Starrberget
IUCN IaNature Reserve
1.57 km² overlap
21 more protected areassorted by overlap area
2045172 Bågakälen
IUCN IaNature Reserve
1.56 km² overlap
2001656 Degerö Stormyr
IUCN IaNature Reserve
1.37 km² overlap
Degerö Stormyr
IUCN IaNatura 2000 SCI
1.37 km² overlap
Degerö Stormyr
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
1.37 km² overlap
Hjukenåsarna
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
1.15 km² overlap
Hjukenåsarna
IUCN IaNatura 2000 SCI
1.15 km² overlap
2001643 Hjukenåsarna
IUCN IaNature Reserve
1.13 km² overlap
2001652 Vindelforsarna
IUCN IIINature Reserve
0.77 km² overlap
Vindelforsarna
IUCN IIINatura 2000 SCI
0.76 km² overlap
Vindelforsarna
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.76 km² overlap
2051941 Kulfors
IUCN Not AssignedNature Reserve
0.75 km² overlap
2001852 Osttjärnbäcken
IUCN IaNature Reserve
0.74 km² overlap
Osttjärnbäcken
IUCN IaNatura 2000 SCI
0.70 km² overlap
Osttjärnbäcken
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.70 km² overlap
2044156 Tuskulum
IUCN IaNature Reserve
0.67 km² overlap
2045173 Gransjöbäcken
IUCN IaNature Reserve
0.58 km² overlap
2005628 Vorrberget
IUCN IaNature Reserve
0.55 km² overlap
2045385 Orrböle
IUCN IaNature Reserve
0.53 km² overlap
Kluddbrännan
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.52 km² overlap
2001650 Kluddbrännan
IUCN IaNature Reserve
0.52 km² overlap
Kluddbrännan
IUCN IaNatura 2000 SCI
0.52 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
7 004 distinct species · 199 755 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 Vindelälven : 26 espèces dont 4 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 79 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 11.9%, 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°
1,3°C
Annual rain
592mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,16
Runoff
475mm/an
PET
495mm
AET
382mm
Mean slope
4,8°
Water table
230cm
Forest
98%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
1%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)