HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080185600
Bassin de Gaua
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 : Melhus, Midtre Gauldal
Sub-basin area
134,7km²
Upstream area
3 085,3km²
Discharge
65,01m³/s
Mean elev.
357m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Storstavilla532 km²
- Bassin de Gaula138 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 96.6 km²71.3% of basin
- 38.9 km²28.7% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Kvasshyllan
IUCN IaNature Reserve
2.01 km² overlap
Hoppardalsmyra
IUCN IaNature Reserve
0.37 km² overlap
Ytter Skjervollslykkja
IUCN IaNature Reserve
0.08 km² overlap
Hovin
IUCN IaNature Reserve
0.05 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 864 distinct species · 13 273 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 33 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 Gaua : 24 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 92 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 14.6%, 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°
3,2°C
Annual rain
842mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,45
Runoff
805mm/an
PET
466mm
AET
409mm
Mean slope
10,2°
Water table
338cm
Forest
68%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
1%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)